Pleas ID this IBM system....

[Curious Marc]

Great! As Will says, this acquisition price is a small part of what it costs to move, install and repair the system, so they got a very reasonable deal. Can you at least tell us if it is coming stateside, or is it staying in Europe?

Marc

 

From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> on behalf of "cctalk at classiccmp.org" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Reply-To: "lawrence at ljw.me.uk" <lawrence at ljw.me.uk>, "cctalk at classiccmp.org" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 at 1:47 PM
To: "cctalk at classiccmp.org" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: Pleas ID this IBM system....

 

On 16/04/2019 22:22, William Donzelli via cctalk wrote:

Clearly the pile was not purchased for scrap, so it will be

interesting to see where it ends up. We may never know, with the

secretive nature of big iron collectors..

 

I know one of the group that bought it, but I am not sure if they are on

the list.

 

I believe the intention is to attempt to restore the /20 + peripherals.

Not sure about plans for the 370. It is a huge task, but they are keen.

 

So rest assured it won't be scrapped, and it won't disappear into a

collection.

 

Please don't ask me who it is. They are welcome to announce themselves

if they wish.

 

And it's not classic, but here's an IBM z/Series converted into a beer

fridge:

https://www.flickr.com/gp/ljw/NrV130

https://www.flickr.com/gp/ljw/35y797

 

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