I started on the AN/FSQ7 64,000 tubes 512k of actual core memory -- 33 bit words drums for buffers
And, we had 2 of these... system A and system B air conditioners that could make 20 tons of ice in a day. We called it Norad and it was 600ft underground in VE3 land. I worked for IBM at the time. Mike va3mw On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 2:59 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok, here goes... I remember in 1982 buying a 2k memory add on module for > my Telephonix desktop computer for $2200.00. I bought a loaded XT in 1985 > for $11,700 it had 2 10 meg hard drives, and something called a 370 > option, which allowed me to port my mainframe IBM object code from my radar > analysis toolset and get it to run under VM/PC, on the PC. We also > developed the first 3rd party ISA card on the IBM buss. I remember sitting > down for a morning with several IBM engineers going over machine cycles. > They told us we couldn't do it, we did. I remember making my own DB-9's by > hacksawing down a DB-25. I had the first AT on the eastcoast, when I > spilled a cup of coffee on the keyboard, I had to drive 70 miles to the IBM > office in Philly to get a replacement... > > 73 Jeff kb2m > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
