Re: o/t British Team Restoring an IBM System/360 Model 20

Hello!
Wait a minute Dave W. You are saying that corner of Bucks is that far
away from you? Interesting.

Now we need a surprised statement from Dave M here, and an equally
surprised sound from Fish.
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Gregg C Levine [email protected]
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On Mon, May 20, 2019 at 5:07 PM 'Dave Wade' [email protected]
[hercules-390] <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> > Sent: 20 May 2019 12:03
> > To: hercules-390 <[email protected]>
> > Subject: [hercules-390] o/t British Team Restoring an IBM System/360 Model
> > 20
> >
> > https://ibms360.co.uk
> >
> > Interesting read, on how they "excavated" the hardware from the building.
> >
> > Apparently they have two 360/20's  and a 370/125
> >
> >
> > @Dave Wade :
> >
> > is Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
> >
> > "close" ?
> >
> > Mike
> >
> No it’s a tedious 3-hour drive, and its one of those routes where something always goes wrong.
>
> Dave
>
> > https://ibms360.co.uk/?page_id=170
> >
> > "Are you an ex IBM Engineer? Electronics expert with a penchant for vintage
> > mainframes? If so, we need you! This restoration is going to be a significant
> > undertaking and the more skilled people we can have on board the more
> > successful it will hopefully be.
> >
> > The machine will be located in a building with a raised floor and 3 phase
> > power located near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. If you’re interested in
> > helping us out feel free to drop us an email at [email protected]!"
> >
> > Adam Bradley, Christopher Blackburn, and Peter Vaughan were (collectively)
> > the winning eBay bidders and are the proud new owners of an IBM
> > System/360 Model 20 located in Nuremberg, Germany. They're bringing the
> > machine to the U.K. and are planning to restore it to operation. You can
> > follow their developing story (and perhaps pitch in) here:
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> > Posted by: Mike Stramba <[email protected]>
> > ------------------------------------
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