On 04/28/2017 10:35 PM, Steve Smith wrote:
Wow. You really want to operate a 3290 in this age?
Yes I do. This is in a museum. But honestly, as a professional
developer by day, I'd happily type on that thing all day long. It's
gorgeous!
It must be 30 years old; but then I guess they were built to last.
About 35 years old, yes. And yes, built like tanks. And quite hard
to find nowadays; they cost a small fortune if you can even find one.
ISTR mine weighed in around 75 lbs.
I'd guess around 60lbs. I don't like to move it very often. ;)
(some people thought it was bolted down),
Yup, I can certainly see that. :)
and that maybe a newer
and somewhat lighter model came out later. Must have been the mid-'90s.
Yes, the 3290-2. It didn't have the big "humpback" protrusion that
contained most of the logic; it was integrated into the panel. We have
one of those too, here at the Large Scale Systems Museum in the
Pittsburgh area.
Anyway, my gut says you could buy a couple 24" displays for what that
monster will cost you in power & cooling for a year. It got pretty hot.
Yup. I haven't measured its power consumption, but it does crank out
the heat. The Museum can sometimes make it clear until mid-January
before starting the building's main boiler. :-)
Speaking of the Large Scale Systems Museum...We're actually about to
have our grand re-opening shindig after a big expansion and many months
of renovations; would it be compatible with the charter of this list to
post an announcement here? We do have quite a bit of IBM iron.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
President/Curator, Large Scale Systems Museum
New Kensington, PA
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