Maybe small mainframes (B1800 and the like), because big Burroughs machines were truely BIG. Did he had an old parking garage? William Donzelli aw288 at osfn.org

At 8:31 PM -0400 4/12/06, William Donzelli wrote: I don't know, but archives do... See below. Zane Date: Thu, 4 Sep 1997 22:39:38 +0930 Reply-To: classiccmp at u.washington.edu Sender: CLASSICCMP-owner at u.washington.edu From: adam at merlin.***.** (Adam Jenkins) To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers" <classiccmp at u.washington.edu> Subject: Burroughs Computers Hi! I have a lead on a computer, a Burroughs 6800, that is apparantly being kept in a store-room and not being used. It seems I should be able to get it if I asked. My question is - do I want it? Mostly I have limited myself to micros, as they are small and fit my own interests, but I have always been willing to accept larger systems. But as a result I know nothing about Burroughs - is this thing huge, or what? Is it rare, common, powerful or just dull? Any information would be greatly appreciated, especially where it fits into the general history of computers. Thanks heaps, Adam. -- -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh at aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | MONK::HEALYZH (DECnet) | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |