On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 6:29 AM, Noel Chiappa <jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu> wrote: Do any of the tape labels suggest original distribution media? if so would you be willing to share some of the descriptions please.

Hi all, I just wanted to say a very big (huge!) thanks here on the list to Noel Chiappa for his help/work picking up the B1900 system yesterday. It would have been highly challenging to get the machine together for shipment without Noel's help, and would have had to happen in a rush with things either being missed and/or left behind out of necessity etc (plus communication issues, packaging - the list goes on). Having a very experienced person like Noel to help has been too good to be true. (In fact the whole thing is bit incredible after seeing the loss of the B7800 frame over here in Aus just recently). There are numerous questions to be answered (hopefully over time with list member's help!), but this msg is to say thanks very much firstly for Noel's efforts with the pickup. - Evan Linwood -----Original Message----- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Noel Chiappa Sent: Saturday, 2 May 2015 6:29 AM To: cctalk at classiccmp.org Cc: jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu Subject: Re: Burroughs B1900 for sale in North Carolina For those who were interested in this thing's fate, I just picked it up, and it's sitting safely in my garage, waiting for the new owner to arrange shipping. It's in really good shape inside (unlike my rodent 11/34's :-), and the cards look like they are all there. (If anyone's particularly interested in this machine, email me - _not the list_! - and I'll send you a copy of my detailed report to the new owner on its condition.) Actually, there _is_ one of those there, still in the casette drive. Not sure how good a shape it's in after this long (or the casette drive, for that matter), but... Oddly enough, the seller did have two Burroughs packs (4 platter, I think). Not sure if they are from this machine, or what's on them - or how one would ever find a drive to read them on! Alas, the tapes appear to be un-connected to the machine. Noel