That poor system/36 - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

15 Oct 2007

...
   -I'm 17
and have a wicked case of OCD
 -I like old electronics
 -I use a 5 1/4" floppy drive on a normal basis
 -I like things that have blinkenlites and make cool whirring noises
 -I have passed notes written in hex to a friend in class ("what are
  you doing at lunch?")  
Whoo, will *you* ever fit in here!  Well, okay, possibly except for
your age; my feeling is that you're near the young end of our age
distribution.  But my feeling is also that nobody will hold that
against you. :)  But really, OCD, old electronics, non-3?" floppies,
blinkenlights, knows ASCII in hex...yup, you're home! 
It's great to know I joined the right mailing list. I wanna spread my knowledge of the
good old days of computing
on to my children...like a virus. :)

...
   all that's
needed is for someone to contact him and come with a cube van  
  -I'm 17 and have a wicked case of OCD 

Y'know, an old van is going to be fairly cheap for a 17-year-old to insure, 
cheaper than most cars...

Less stuff to go wrong, too.  Easier for those of a geeky disposition to fix 
when it expires due to hauling around minicomputers.  
I think you didn't get me. The size of this system will require a Budget/Uhaul truck.
People around here call those
"Cube vans". You must of thought I meant those commercial minivans that are used
by cable companies...and people
who make shaggin' wagons.

...
 I have not viewed the lot in a while, but are not the
tapes 8809s?
They were the standards on the smaller, cheaper systems, like the
midranges. Not nearly as cool as 3420s. 
according to this site, the unit is being given away with two IBM 8809 drives.

http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/rochester/rochester_4018.html

yeah they are not 3420's but nothing's perfect.

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