> > > There has also been another vintage computer-related fire of a > > > French-born historical figure. Claude A.R. Kagan - he's OK and in good > > > spirits, but lost was his historically irreplaceable Burroughs 205 > > > mainframe and some other similarly old things. > > > > I was brokenhearted when I read about that on cctalk. A working B205 is a > > very rare thing. > > I was not working, it was akin to a 1960 Chevy left in a barn for 45 > years. The plan was to ship it to the Computer History Museum in Palo > Alto some time soon, but the actual process had not begun. I thought that it was partially operational, though. "They" said something about Kagan even being able to power it up ("the only three-phase power in the county"), implying some sort of function. -- ------------------------------------ personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckaiser@floodgap.com -- Perl scripting: the ultimate open source software. ------------------------- Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2009-12-07 15:00:28
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