agreed, not a 9x00. anice writeup btw... I have mostly program docs from the 110x era but some hardware docs. Its worth preserving this info b
On Sun, May 17, 2026 at 2:16 PM Brent Hilpert via cctalk < [email protected]> wrote: > On 2026May 16,, at 10:54 AM, Bill Degnan via cctalk <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I have found that you can use the UNIVAC news for research, but it takes > > some time. They often had deployment / sales announcements that are > useful > > to learn what was sold and when. If you know what company or industry > the > > component you have came from, you might be able to find a sales > > announcement about it something similar. This might help you determine > who > > typically bought what, and you might get a clue as to the origin of your > > component that way. > > Nothing known about it’s providence, at least as relayed to me. Don’t even > know if its active life was in the local region or it it was transported > here after decommission. Granted that knowing of an 1108/6 that was used > locally could have been a probable source. Local region is Victoria, B.C., > large enough for such a machine to have been around but not like a really > large metro/industrial area. > > > > You may have ruled other UNIVC systems sold in 1971, but are you sure > what > > you have is not from a 9300 or 9400 system? > > Here is some info and a few pics of 1971 UNIVAC 9x00 cards. These were > > EBCDIC and compatible with IBM, you can count the bus pins of your > > component to verify its likely system. > > https://vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=830 > > The 9xxx series machines apparently actually used plated-wire memory (!), > as well as being 8-bit byte based and with smaller memory modules > (increments in mem capacity), so not a good fit with this module. > I did look into other univac series, but in the web page I just listed the > ones that seemed more likely to have a chance at being a match. > > > > On Fri, May 15, 2026 at 5:16 PM Brent Hilpert via cctalk < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I was asked to examine a large core module, it has a UNIVAC label and > part > >> no, manufactured in 1971 but probably a little older in design. No > >> providence known. > >> > >> I suspect it is from an 1108 or perhaps an 1106, based on the reasoning > >> presented in the web link below. I’m a little curious for a firmer > >> confirmation though. 1108/6 documentation on bitsavers has been very > >> useful, but what’s there doesn’t go deep enough into the hardware to > >> provide a hard confirmation. Is there even an 1108 or 6 still in > existence? > >> > >> The module, and what I’ve figured out: > >> http://madrona.ca/e/coreUnivac/index.html < > >> http://madrona.ca/e/coreUnivac/index.html> > >
