IBM 1620 manuals

[Dave Babcock]

Jon,

The Computer History Museum (Mountain View, California) has the most 
extensive collection of IBM 1620 items - hardware, manuals, books, 
software, etc. - in the world.  Most of the items were collected a 
number of years ago when a team of volunteers restored the museum's IBM 
1620 Model 1 Level F computer to full operation.

I verified that the museum has both of these physical manuals, plus some 
associated update notices.  So, the museum does not need them.  Thanks 
for offering.

A subset of the restoration team is currently building a historic 
replica of the machine - dubbed the IBM 1620 Jr. - for the museum's 
education department use.  We've exhibited it at VCF West the past 2 
years [winning Best in Show last year] and will be there again this 
year.  This year we will be highlighting our work to create a 
general-purpose, ASCII terminal using an IBM/Lexmark Wheelwriter 1000 
typewriter.

Thanks,
Dave


On 5/25/2019 11:35 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
> On 05/13/2019 10:57 PM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
>> I just discovered a binder with 2 IBM 1620 manuals.  A quick check 
>> shows bitsavers has these and newer editions of them.
>>
>> So, does anybody want :
>>
>> IBM 1620 Central Processing Unit, Model 2  (Form A26-5781-1)
>>
>> and
>>
>> IBM 1620 Monitor II System Reference Manual (Form C26-5774-0)
>>
>> Jon
>>
> OK, since the mysterious "Steve" who actually HAS a 1620 apparently 
> can't be contacted, anybody else have a 1620, or know somebody who 
> does?  Or, has a significant collection
> of 1620 items?
>
> These manuals, or newer editions, are already on bitsavers, so there's 
> nothing new there.
>
> Otherwise they go to the person who contacted me first on 5/13. (I'm 
> just seeing if there's anybody who actually NEEDS these before giving 
> them to somebody who just "wants" them.)
>
>  Jon
>
>