G'Day, On 3 May 2010 03:55, Nigel Williams <nigel.d.williams at gmail.com> wrote: Ahhh. That photo.... I am the one in the hat. I guess it will depend on where they are shooting the bank scene.... Perth is a long way from anywhere. Also, having seen Tonys shed, the 360 may not be all that accessible. Simon -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Well, an engineer is not concerned with the truth; that is left to philosophers and theologians: the prime concern of an engineer is the utility of the final product." Lectures on the Electrical Properties of Materials, L.Solymar, D.Walsh

G'Day, On 7 May 2010 03:07, Nigel Williams <nigel.d.williams at gmail.com> wrote: [...] Not really. I can only really comment about modern history... The photo was taken in early 1997. I was a fresher in 1995. The University Computer Club[1] (UCC) at the University of Western Australia was given Ben (the IBM 360) some time long before I started university. I am lead to believe that it was stored behind the scenes at one of the theaters at UWA before the theater was knocked down / modernised. At some point the UCC acquired some storage space offsite from UWA. When the theater was modernised Ben was moved to the storage space. At the time the photo was taken UWA needed everything removed from the storage space to undertake some repairs on the building. Not long after that UWA started charging for the use of the storage space. In short, the UCC lost a lot of equipment. Tony started took a lot of the more historically interesting equipment and put it into storage on his property in Rivervale (Western Australia). When Tony moved to Mundaring (Western Australia) Ben was put into a shipping container for storage until he had his shed built. To my knowledge Ben is now somewhere in his shed. This is the story to my knowledge.... [1] The University Computer Club pre-dates the computer science department at UWA by a couple of years. http://www.ucc.asn.au Simon -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Well, an engineer is not concerned with the truth; that is left to philosophers and theologians: the prime concern of an engineer is the utility of the final product." Lectures on the Electrical Properties of Materials, L.Solymar, D.Walsh