On Wednesday 20 April 2005 00:41, Billy Pettit wrote:
Eric Smith wrote:
Put it in
the garage, powered it up and it ran!
What??? You didn't test the DC power supplies first? Naughty, >naughty!
So I felt pretty confortable turning on AC without a pre-test.
Consider youself fortunate - Capacitors do fail when they have not been
re-formed. We found several such instances in restoring the PDP-1 - and I've
seen it on other older systems (like my former PDP-12).
BTW: I am "happily" envious of your acquisition. The CDC-160A was my first
"home computer" back in the late sixties. I was working in IBM's
Poughkeepsie System Development Lab on System/360 - but I wanted a home
computer so bad I could taste it. I shopped around - and a used CDC-160A was
all I chose to "afford". Mine, however, used a Frieden Flexowriter for I/O
along with the usual PT reader and punch. Sigh, fond remembrances...
>Los Altos Typewriter. They restored the IBM
Model B electric
>typewriters used as console devices on CHM's IBM 1620 and DEC PDP-1.
>Don't expect them to do anything with the computer interface part, but
>they do great work on the typewriter mechanism.
>
>Eric
I second Eric's "motion" that the LA Typewriter folks are really good - and
would add they are interesting folks. It's been a family run typewriter
business in Los Altos for many years...
My biggest worry - the rubber belts and power roller
look to be in great
shape. Even the platen doesn't seem to be hard or cracked.
That's really great! - the platen's often show wear, tear and cracks.
It's the chassis panels that I will need help
with. I can get the rust
off and primer it. But to keep the original texture, I'm going to have
to match the color and paint type. These were originally given multiple
coats and baked.
How far do you go on restorations? Match original paint or just the
color? Use current spray paint or the old enamels? What have others on
the list done for paint restoation?
What do the museums do?
Try to be close to the original as possible in type, finish, etc...
Best wishes on you restoration!!!!
Cheers,
Lyle
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Lyle Bickley
Bickley Consulting West Inc.
http://bickleywest.com
"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"