Vintage Computers

[jannievanzyl]

Here's a complete, working Comodoore 65 that sold on Ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ultra-rare-...totype-working-serial-22-/171673209321?_ul=en

Jannie, you haven't got a bit of spare cash lying around that you want to splash?


:crylaugh:

One sold recently for R1.3 Million!

 

[JerryMungo]

One sold recently for R1.3 Million!

Jeesh Nice

 

[JerryMungo]

Some pics from my son currently studying at Stellies:

 

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Some pics from my son currently studying at Stellies:

IBM punch card - my father used to work for a company in Observatory - think it was called "Hollerith" before I was born. his job was to setup & maintain the punch card system. the machine was so big he could walk inside it!

 

[JerryMungo]

IBM punch card - my father used to work for a company in Observatory - think it was called "Hollerith" before I was born. his job was to setup & maintain the punch card system. the machine was so big he could walk inside it!

Spot the odd part out in that pic

 

[spiff]

Spot the odd part out in that pic

keyboard?

nah you got me - was way before I was on the scene.

 

[JerryMungo]

keyboard?

nah you got me - was way before I was on the scene.

 

[The_Librarian]

^ :crylaugh:

 

[The_Librarian]

IBM punch card - my father used to work for a company in Observatory - think it was called "Hollerith" before I was born. his job was to setup & maintain the punch card system. the machine was so big he could walk inside it!

Hollerith designed the punch card system.

 

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Hollerith designed the punch card system.

no shirt - does it still work?

 

[JerryMungo]

no shirt - does it still work?

The one in the pic? No idea actually.

 

[The_Librarian]

The one in the pic? No idea actually.

With a bit of TLC it should be - but the problem is that you'll be hard set to find a techie who'll be able to fix it.

It'll be guesswork most of the time on getting it to work - unless you have access to IBM workshop manuals. And you'll need other peripherals besides.

 

[JerryMungo]

With a bit of TLC it should be - but the problem is that you'll be hard set to find a techie who'll be able to fix it.

It'll be guesswork most of the time on getting it to work - unless you have access to IBM workshop manuals. And you'll need other peripherals besides.

I wonder what every season and episode of Game of Thrones would look like on punch cards?

 

[cygx1]

I wonder what every season and episode of Game of Thrones would look like on punch cards?

would 1 to 1 map with all the atoms in the visible Universe....more or less.

 

[spiff]

The one in the pic? No idea actually.

pity - I recall the one my father worked on ran on 110vac. that's how I found out he work for that company. I was scrounging through his boxes in the garage looking for a starter motor for my go-kart and I came across this electric motor with a gearbox about the size of a loaf of bread and when I asked if I could use it he said no cause it was to weak & 110vac.

 

[The_Librarian]

[MENTION=77906]jannievanzyl[/MENTION] - a bit of humour found on twitter

 

[jannievanzyl]

Saw that!

There's another one, I must try and find quickly.

 

[The_Librarian]

Saw that!

There's another one, I must try and find quickly.

Found it yet?

Or is it elusive like the last gherkin in the bottle?

 

[redspark]

I have a bias towards iProducts. So, I won’t collect those if I had garage space for a “technical” office.

 

[TMTS]

I had to do that punch cards stuff when working for Hawker Siddeley Aviation Stress office in the mid 1970s. ICL computers, GEORGE OS and Fortran language for finite element stressing.

Is there anyone around Cape Town interested in, or expert, on GRiD clamshell computers?