On Thu, 6 May 2010, Dave McGuire wrote:
On May 6, 2010, at 9:06 AM, Mike Loewen wrote:
I stopped by Penn State's Spring Surplus
Auction on the way in this
morning, and noticed an IBM 3803 tape controller and a 3420 drive. Both
had been sitting out in the rain all night. :-( I believe this is the last
of our 9-track equipment.
Bummer about the rain. Any chance they'd survive that? I don't know how
the old IBM stuff was in that regard. I'd love to give a 3420 (with or
without a 3803, preferably with) a home.
Unknown about rain damage. The 3420 had a perforated grid top and
water definitely got inside. I believe the 3803 had a solid top. I
didn't hang around for the auction, and it will probably be over by 3:00
P.M. (EDT). You might try calling the Surplus and Salvage office
(814-865-4371) to find out if they were sold. Chances are, they'll go to
a scrapper. The web site is:
http://www.surplus.psu.edu/
Mike Loewen mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us
Old Technology
http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/Oldtech/