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

"'Dave Wade' [email protected] [hercules-390]" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.emulators.hercules390.general
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> Sent: 20 May 2019 23:57
> To: hercules-390 hercules <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [hercules-390] 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.

Yes, I am in the North West, very close to Manchester Airport, so very close to motorway links in all directions.
Its about 160 miles by road,  we have a 70mph speed limit on motor ways, but the last 30 miles is not motorway.
You need to get past Oxford which is always a bottle neck. Coming back the M6 gets really badly congested.
The TNMOC at Bletchley Park is a similar distance so I don't get there often....

..... It was easier to get to VCF Europe in Zurich than Aylesbury and the mini one they had in Nuremburg was also not bad....
.... I would rather fly and drive go to our house in Spain than  drive that far in the UK.....

> 
> Now we need a surprised statement from Dave M here, and an equally
> surprised sound from Fish.

I don't think they will be surprised.


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> Gregg C Levine [email protected]
> "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
> 

Dave


> On Mon, May 20, 2019 at 5:07 PM 'Dave Wade' [email protected]
> [hercules-390] <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [email protected] <hercules-
> [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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