8 Aug
2019
8 Aug
'19
1:56 p.m.
The Computer Museum of America in Roswell GA (400 miles) has 2 working 029s. Don?t know
the condition of the ribbons. Contact Lonnie Simms via info at
computermuseumofamerica.org. Tell him his CA IBM benefactor sent you. I hope you have
black cards. If not, let me know.
Otherwise you could try http://www.kloth.net/services/cardpunch.php and print the JPEG on
heavy stock.
Donald
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2019 18:10:32 -0400
From: Chip Davis <chip at aresti.com>
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: I need a keypunch (briefly)
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I was referred to this group by dave.g4ugm at gmail.com who thought you
might be able to help me.
I need to punch a half-dozen datacards for an award for a retired
IBMer. Anyone know where I can find a working 026/029/129 within 300
miles of Raleigh, NC?
Many thanks for any pointers.
Chip Davis
chip at aresti.com
+1.919.271.2582
8 Aug
8 Aug
2:08 p.m.
On Aug 8, 2019, at 1:56 PM, cctalk via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
The Computer Museum of America in Roswell GA (400 miles) has 2 working 029s. Don?t know
the condition of the ribbons. Contact Lonnie Simms via info at
computermuseumofamerica.org. Tell him his CA IBM benefactor sent you. I hope you have
black cards. If not, let me know.
Otherwise you could try http://www.kloth.net/services/cardpunch.php and print the JPEG on
heavy stock.
Neat. It even knows the punch codes for lower case letters (in the IBM EBCDIC code
table).
paul
13 Aug
13 Aug
9:46 a.m.
New subject: [EXTERNAL] I need a keypunch (briefly)
Chip -
Our museum in Baltimore in 330 miles from you. Our 029 cardpunch worked last time we
turned it on!
Bob Roswell
broswell at syssrc.com
410-771-5544 ext 4336
https://museum.syssrc.com
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Subject: [EXTERNAL] I need a keypunch (briefly)
The Computer Museum of America in Roswell GA (400 miles) has 2 working 029s. Don?t know
the condition of the ribbons. Contact Lonnie Simms via info at
computermuseumofamerica.org. Tell him his CA IBM benefactor sent you. I hope you have
black cards. If not, let me know.
Otherwise you could try http://www.kloth.net/services/cardpunch.php and print the JPEG on
heavy stock.
Donald
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2019 18:10:32 -0400
From: Chip Davis <chip at aresti.com>
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: I need a keypunch (briefly)
Message-ID: <5c1abccc-5548-057d-fa0c-0b6be9d0c2c8 at aresti.com>
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I was referred to this group by dave.g4ugm at gmail.com who thought you might be able to
help me.
I need to punch a half-dozen datacards for an award for a retired IBMer. Anyone know
where I can find a working 026/029/129 within 300 miles of Raleigh, NC?
Many thanks for any pointers.
Chip Davis
chip at aresti.com
+1.919.271.2582
18 Aug
18 Aug
12:41 a.m.
Thanks, one and all, for the pointers to working keypunches.
Ultimately, the closest one was in Chattanooga and I now have
everything I need to fabricate the award.
I also used the kloth.com app because I realized that if I punched the
cards without the printed interpretation, it wouldn't be obvious if I
had made a mistake. So I "punched" them on the app and printed them
out to use for verification.
I am very grateful for all of you folks who keep such technological
relics in working condition, and for all of the museums that make them
available to the public. I plan to visit the CMA the next time I'm in
the Atlanta area.
-Chip-
On 8/8/2019 1:56 PM, cctalk via cctalk wrote:
The Computer Museum of America in Roswell GA (400
miles) has 2 working 029s. Don?t know the condition of the ribbons. Contact Lonnie Simms
via info at computermuseumofamerica.org. Tell him his CA IBM benefactor sent you. I hope
you have black cards. If not, let me know.
Otherwise you could try http://www.kloth.net/services/cardpunch.php and print the JPEG on
heavy stock.
Donald
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2019 18:10:32 -0400
From: Chip Davis <chip at aresti.com>
I was referred to this group by dave.g4ugm at gmail.com who thought you
might be able to help me.
I need to punch a half-dozen datacards for an award for a retired
IBMer. Anyone know where I can find a working 026/029/129 within 300
miles of Raleigh, NC?
Many thanks for any pointers.
Chip Davis
chip at aresti.com
+1.919.271.2582
1:55 a.m.
On August 17, 2019 at 11:41 PM Chip Davis via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Thanks, one and all, for the pointers to working keypunches.
Ultimately, the closest one was in Chattanooga and I now have
everything I need to fabricate the award.
-Chip-
Hi Chip,
I'm wondering if you could tell us where in Chattanooga you found one? I'm
originally from that area and go there a couple times a year to see family. If there is a
museum or other public place with old computers I would like to visit sometime.
Thanks,
Will
"A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add,
but when there is nothing left to take away." --? Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"The names of global variables should start with? ? // "? --?https://isocpp.org
1:03 p.m.
The 029 I used is in the private collection of a mainframe service
company, Will. They are not open to the public and I know of no
computer museum in the area.
However, if you ever get up to the Baltimore area, there is a very
extensive computer museum https://museum.syssrc.com that is curated by
another member of this list. It even includes a working Linotype
typesetter; the dripping hot lead did a number on the lobby carpet.
(OK, it did a couple of letters on it too.) ;-)
-Chip-
On 8/18/2019 1:55 AM, wrcooke at wrcooke.net wrote:
On August 17, 2019 at 11:41 PM Chip Davis via
cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Thanks, one and all, for the pointers to working keypunches.
Ultimately, the closest one was in Chattanooga and I now have
everything I need to fabricate the award.
-Chip-
Hi Chip,
I'm wondering if you could tell us where in Chattanooga you found one? I'm
originally from that area and go there a couple times a year to see family. If there is a
museum or other public place with old computers I would like to visit sometime.
Thanks,
Will
1:15 p.m.
On August 18, 2019 at 12:03 PM Chip Davis via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
The 029 I used is in the private collection of a mainframe service
company, Will. They are not open to the public and I know of no
computer museum in the area.
I was afraid of that. Not surprising; Chattanooga isn't known as a great tech hub.
That's one reason I'm no longer there.
However, if you ever get up to the Baltimore area,
there is a very
extensive computer museum https://museum.syssrc.com that is curated by
another member of this list. It even includes a working Linotype
typesetter; the dripping hot lead did a number on the lobby carpet.
(OK, it did a couple of letters on it too.) ;-)
-Chip-
Thanks for the info. I would love to go see that lead number -- and letters -- on
the carpet :-)
Thanks,
Will
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