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Article #623887Re: Where old computers find their final resting place
From: Gareths Downstairs Computer
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2018 18:07
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2018 18:07
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On 07/06/2018 18:38, Basil Hendroff wrote: > On Thursday, 7 June 2018 12:01:36 UTC+8, pho...@gmail.com wrote: >> Some good snaps here >> https://www.cio.com.au/slideshow/268510/pictures-tech-yesteryear-where-old-computers-find-their-final-resting-place/ > > Impressive! > Indeed, especially the fan-fold paper tape and the DECTape, which I remember programming back in the early 70s, go back 3 blocks and then run up past at full speed IN EITHER DIRECTION. The lab where I was considered the DEC maintenance contract to be excessively pricey, so we had to trace faults our selves, but it was a brown trouser job when I dropped a screwdriver onto the wire wraps of the DECTape! :-(
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