If the 650 stuff includes either the negative index register instructions (they
plus table lookup equal were an RPQ), please scan them for bitsavers. The same
goes for any 704 or 709 manuals you have.
Even better if there's somebody willing to scan and OCR the lot.
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
On 1/23/24 10:57, Robert Prins wrote:
My father worked for IBM in the Netherlands for more than 30 years,
starting as a CE in the late 1950'ies. Last year he was diagnosed with
Alzheimer, and over the past few months my siblings and me have been
emptying his apartment and storage room, and we've
AM
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Subject: Re: OT-ish: Very old IBM hardware & manuals available
I'm pretty sure that the thing I saw was significantly older than
650. The bits were so big that they were using an oscilloscope to see
them. I don't recall if they said what machine that
: OT-ish: Very old IBM hardware & manuals available
Maybe contact the Computer History Museum https://computerhistory.org/
. They probably have the resources to ship anything they're
interested in.
Their collection includes IBM hardware that predates any of us having
seen a digital computer.
four weeks or so to get back to you - maybe sooner if really
interested
Regards,
Tom
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From: Leonard D Woren
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2024 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: OT-ish: Very old IBM hardware & manuals available
Maybe contact the Computer Histor
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Leonard D Woren
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Subject: Re: OT-ish: Very old IBM hardware & manuals available
Maybe contact the Computer History Museum https://computerhistory.org/
. They prob
Maybe contact the Computer History Museum https://computerhistory.org/
. They probably have the resources to ship anything they're
interested in.
Their collection includes IBM hardware that predates any of us having
seen a digital computer. It's been quite a while since I was there,
but
I think we could find interested people that could get the stuff to
good homes and Bitsavers. I would be interested in some of it - not
all, as it does need to travel.
I look forward to the pictures.
--
Will
On Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 8:53 AM Robert Prins wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> My father worked
