8 Aug
2016
8 Aug
'16
4:48 p.m.
Jim and Sherman (?),
I checked and I don't have anything on the Honeywell 440 or anything like a
re-branded Honeywell sold by GE. I think that the name "General Electric"
printed on the back was due to the fact that they owned the Honeywell 440
and used it internally. It's not a GE PAC or anything like that.
http://vintagecomputer.net/VCFWest_2016/HoneyWell_440_front-panel_1.jpg
http://vintagecomputer.net/VCFWest_2016/HoneyWell_440_front-panel_2.jpg
http://vintagecomputer.net/VCFWest_2016/HoneyWell_440_front-panel-tag.jpg
http://vintagecomputer.net/VCFWest_2016/HoneyWell_440_rear-panel_General-El…
http://vintagecomputer.net/VCFWest_2016/HoneyWell_440_placard.jpg
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8 Aug
8 Aug
5:18 p.m.
On 8/8/16 1:48 PM, william degnan wrote:
Jim and Sherman (?),
I checked and I don't have anything on the Honeywell 440 or anything like a
re-branded Honeywell sold by GE.
It is a GE 400-series control console
you can see the maint panel on page 281 of
bitsavers.org/pdf/ge/GE-4xx/CPB-320_GE425-435_RefMan_Dec63.pdf
5:23 p.m.
and Honeywell bought the GE computer operation in 1970.
I'd have to do more research to see if the 400-series was still
being produced after the purchase.
On 8/8/16 2:18 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
On 8/8/16 1:48 PM, william degnan wrote:
Jim and Sherman (?),
I checked and I don't have anything on the Honeywell 440 or anything like a
re-branded Honeywell sold by GE.
It is a GE 400-series control console
you can see the maint panel on page 281 of
bitsavers.org/pdf/ge/GE-4xx/CPB-320_GE425-435_RefMan_Dec63.pdf
5:29 p.m.
According to the Computers and Automation census, the first delivery of the
440 T/S was Jul, 69. After the sale, it shows up in the census under Honeywell
as the G440 T/S. It's a pretty rare machine. It dissappears in Mar '72 with no
known installations.
On 8/8/16 2:23 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
and Honeywell bought the GE computer operation in
1970.
I'd have to do more research to see if the 400-series was still
being produced after the purchase.
On 8/8/16 2:18 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
On 8/8/16 1:48 PM, william degnan wrote:
Jim and Sherman (?),
I checked and I don't have anything on the Honeywell 440 or anything like a
re-branded Honeywell sold by GE.
It is a GE 400-series control console
you can see the maint panel on page 281 of
bitsavers.org/pdf/ge/GE-4xx/CPB-320_GE425-435_RefMan_Dec63.pdf
5:50 p.m.
On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 5:29 PM, Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> wrote:
According to the Computers and Automation census, the
first delivery of the
440 T/S was Jul, 69. After the sale, it shows up in the census under
Honeywell
as the G440 T/S. It's a pretty rare machine. It dissappears in Mar '72
with no
known installations.
I did check the KeyData Computer Characteristics Review of 1969, but I did
not see it there. I have Vol 9 #2, not sure when exactly in 1969 or
thereabouts it was actually written or published.
I just now checked the Auerbach Computer Characteristics Digest of 4/1969
and I *did* find the GE 440 CPU there. $7,000 monthly rental, purchase
price of $311,000
In the same digest, the Honeywell model 440 is part of the H-400 system.
It's an expensive I/O thing not a CPU. At the time the Honeywell 440 was
their name for their "Optical Scanning Unit and Control" with the note:
Not available for new orders. $2530/mo and $121,440 to buy.
So, to find a Honeywell 440 nameplate prob means it was for something
produced after 1969, at least according to my sources.
Bill
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