I need a keypunch (briefly)

wrcooke at wrcooke.net wrcooke at wrcooke.net
Sun Aug 18 12:15:58 CDT 2019


> 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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