Re: Fire damages -> Help needed

From: Jack Rubin <jack.rubin_at_ameritech.net>
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 09:22:29 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <964383.72322.qm@web83716.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
> > > 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.
> 

The machine _was_ operational after being moved into the barn, but hasn't been used in decades - http://www.resistors.org/index.php/Main_Page 

Jack

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