If we could get 50-100 or more people interested, I'd be willing to
chip in $25-$50 towards a "group buy".
Dave McGuire's museum seems like it would be a good "home"
Maybe the vintage computer forums is a good place to seek out interest
for a group buy ?
http://www.vcfed.org/forum/forum.php
Or even a kickstarter project ?
The biggest issue is whether or not it will actually be runnable,
(seller says it was "Booted up 3 months ago. Working"
You might think if he was knowledgeable he would have said "IPL'd",
and /or provided more details.
Mike
Mike
Post by Maarten Hoes ***@gmail.com [hercules-390]Hi,
Thanks for pointing that one out ! (I cant believe that even things like
that are on eBay). But I think ill have to pass: even if I could overcome
all the 'ifs' going through my mind right now (too heavy to place on my 3th
floor apartment, apartment too small to store it, 'local pickup only' so
how am I going to get it here, not even nearly enough experience to get it
running, etc.), I simply do not have the time/energy right now to take on
what for me would be an enormous hobby project. I mean I've been meaning to
do some more stuff with the hercules/hyperion emulator and the various TK-
and x-packs, and I don't even get around to doing that, let alone the real
thing.
;)
Oh and a minor note: looking at the pictures, isn't the frame slightly
damaged and/or bent out of shape ?
- Maarten
Hey Maarten â look: 11 days to go!
http://ebay.us/mQ02Co
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Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2016 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: [hercules-390] Lawrence Wilinson's 360/30 Saga
Hi,
Although I'm too young to remember the (OS/)360, I read this and loved it
anyway. Made me think of this story, where a teenager got an old(-er) IBM
Mainframe.
https://www.fastcompany.com/3063265/how-to-be-a-success-
at-everything/this-teenage-ibm-employee-got-his-job-by-buying-an-old-mai
Perhaps some of you have already come across this in your travels online,
but I found it fascinating. Folks of my vintage should get a real kick out
of it!
What he was able to accomplish was amazing!
http://www.ljw.me.uk/ibm360/Saga.html
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