> From the HP 3000 viewpoint, we weren't worried about the Series/1.
Nobody was worried.
--
Will
>
> > The hardware is excellent. They have fairly fast processors, and the
> > I/O capacity is great. Reliability is typical IBM.
> >
> > The OS sucks balls. All the balls.
> >
> > Commercially, they were not a success, despite being IBM's first
> > "open" system, in that they invited third party
Just a heads’ up to the group that I am not using this any more; ever since I
restored the PLATO terminals for LCM and CHM, I have not touched the 29B. I
don’t think that I am going to be having much use for it since I have not been
dabbling in vintage hardware. If anyone is interested, it is
>
> Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2019 12:40:58 -0700
> From: Kevin Bowling
> Subject: IBM Series/1
>
> Anyone have one of these? I'd like to find a system, but images of
> the OS media would be interesting.
>
> Regards,
> Kevin
>
The RICM has lots of Series/1 systems. They haven't been powered on for
