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> The "computer" was in a pull-out rack mounted in a 19" cabinet.  The
> "boards" were a 18" wide by about 25" high by 2" thick metal frame
> that bolted into the rack.  The circuit boards bolted onto the frame
> and they were all wire-wrap, except of course, the memory.  Memory
> was a 4K core stack.  Have you ever put together those cheap metal
> shelves where none of the holes line up and you have to go through
> all kinds of contortions to make everything fit together?  Guess
> what changing boards was like!
> The input/output device was - you guessed it! A KSR-33 teletype with
> paper tape reader.  We also had a paper tape punch mounted in the cabinet.
> 
> You thought you were worried about nuclear plants before!
Yeah, I know the stuff looks (and is) old, but the key point to remember
is that it runs and it runs forever.  I visited a Nuclear plant last month
and the electrics for the control center and transmission all looked like
something from the mid-60s or mid-70s.  Old, reliable technology.
                         - tom
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