Indeed the opportunity of a lifetime!
Safe travels! Cory!
Ed#
In a message dated 12/28/2016 9:38:25 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
coryheisterkamp at
gmail.com writes:
On Dec 26, 2016, at 8:49 AM, william degnan wrote:
On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 10:37 AM, Christian Corti
<
cc at informatik.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Dec 2016, Cory Heisterkamp wrote:
>
>> I recently became the owner of an LGP-30, supposedly in 'working'
>> condition. However, the machine is roughly 2000 miles from me and will
need
>> to be transported by freight. Before it's
palletized, are there any
special
>> precautions I should take to ensure its safe
travel. I'm especially
worried
>> about the drum (drum lock?), but haven't
been able to find a
maintenance or
>> setup doc.
>>
>> Anyone out there with experience or can offer a few pointers?
>>
>
> - Remove all tube modules and pack them in boxes (with good padding)
> - Remove the drum and stuff/pack it separately (remove the belt going to
> the small motor below the drum and unscrew the drum assembly from the
frame)
> - Remove all side panels and the cover;
there's nothing more annoying
than
> dented panels caused by fixating the frame to the
panel and/or truck.
>
> Do you get software and manuals with your machine?
>
> Christian
>
> PS: Just found the auction... you paid *WHAT*??? Wow... for a machine
in a
> quite battered shape. What idiot put the heavy
Flexowriter on the
fragile
> top?? Where's the cable connecting the
Flexowriter to the computer? Oh,
and
> it works without a power cable... Sorry, I had to
make those comments
;-)
Good luck and
enjoy playing with your new computer :-)
aw come on :-) This is a one of a kind thing. There is a value in
knowing
you have a project that will keep you busy, assuming
you enjoy this kind
of
thing, for a long time. On the other end will be a
lot of new knowledge.
I have manuals for this machine, they're out there. I have a neat
training
manual that was used by LGP to train new users. They
really looked at
this
thing to be a personal computer. This was some may
claim by some
definition the *first* personal computer.
Bill
Guys, thanks for all the feedback. A challenge? Absolutely. But this is
likely as close as I'll ever come to having a first generation machine,
something unfathomable to me as a kid.
Apologies for the radio-silence, we've put 1200+ miles under our belts
since Monday morning. Today we cross into Alberta. Will keep you all posted on
how it goes.
Thanks,
Cory=