13 Jun
2006
13 Jun
'06
6:17 p.m.
More Good News!
There is a fully wired and complete 407 Control Panel in the mail on it's
way. You can see one here
http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/407.html
14 Jun
14 Jun
8:40 a.m.
from jrkeys at concentric.net
More Good News!
There is a fully wired and complete 407 Control Panel in the mail on it's
way. You can see one here
http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/407.html
The web page says it's 16"sq but it looks at least 20"sq
in the images. Looking forward to your definitive word.
John A.
15 Jun
15 Jun
10:25 a.m.
from jrkeys at concentric.net
More Good News!
There is a fully wired and complete 407 Control Panel in the mail on it's
way. You can see one here
http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/407.html
"Control Panel" must be an IBM term. We always called 'em
"plugboards".
And I seem to recall that the 407 one is much larger than 16". If it's
that small, it might be from a different machine.
Unfortunately, this won't give anyone the experience of programming the
407--it was a lot of fun, particularly when you added a 519 to do summary
punching. A mechanical engineer's fantasy.
Now, there would be an interesting "homebrew" project for someone--a
"real"
plugboard connected to a PC that simulated the operation of the 407...
Cheers,
Chuck
3:52 p.m.
The information I got from the owner was 19" high, 22" wide, 3" deep, and
19
1/2 lbs.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: IBM Control Panel Coming
from jrkeys at concentric.net
More Good News!
There is a fully wired and complete 407 Control Panel in the mail on it's
way. You can see one here
http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/407.html
"Control Panel" must be an IBM term. We always called 'em
"plugboards".
And I seem to recall that the 407 one is much larger than 16". If it's
that small, it might be from a different machine.
Unfortunately, this won't give anyone the experience of programming the
407--it was a lot of fun, particularly when you added a 519 to do summary
punching. A mechanical engineer's fantasy.
Now, there would be an interesting "homebrew" project for someone--a
"real"
plugboard connected to a PC that simulated the operation of the 407...
Cheers,
Chuck
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