Is SAIL the oldest active computer?

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From: John McCarthy
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 1990 23:04

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Is SAIL, a DEC-10 that started life as a PDP-6 in 1966, the oldest
computer system in use?  I hasn't got much use since the beginning of
August, but its news service is still used by a few people.  Its
memory still consists of magnetic cores - 2 million words thereof.  If
not, is it the oldest on the network?  If so, perhaps we'll wait till
its 25th anniversary, next Spring, to retire it. If anyone knows of an
older operating computer, please email to j...@cs.stanford.edu or, if
you like, to j...@sail.stanford.edu.

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