OK, it is a long shot here, but hey, I get to help with restoring a 1401 system...
Is there any obscure lore about this machine with the no smoking tags (zoom in on the picture of the 729s)? We can use any leads you guys might dig up. - Will <snip> We're looking to find someone who might recognize the source or previous users of IBM 1401 system that arrived at TechWorls! 23 Nov 2015. Here's the starting point data from donor Paul Pierce. Images of the machine, including the multi-lingual No Smoking signs on the tape drives noted below, are found at https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6bztaa9nuw3q7tu/AAAVM8xGZGA7-yqYtryJincia?dl=0 : Susan, I purchased it DOD surplus and picked it up in Phoenix, AZ. From the dual-connect tape drives and the other materials that came with it I surmise that it was used as a high-speed peripheral set for an IBM 7080 system, perhaps at the Defense Logistics base where I picked it up since the 7080 was designed for accounting and would have been at home in a logistics center. If you reach out to retired IBM CE's and DOD personnel in the Phoenix area you might find someone who remembers it for the "No Smoking" labels on the tape drives. Paul Thanks for your sleuthing assistance, Susan -- Susan Sherwood, Executive Director Center for Technology & Innovation 321 Water Street, Binghamton, NY 13901 Future home of TechWorks! Experience Innovation - past, present, & future Telephone 607-723-8600 Website www.ctandi.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
