Oldest machine (was: Re: Good haul of old pc stuph)

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>>> Our local club, MARCH, has an HP 300A Harmonic Wave Analyzer.  It's a
got a four-digit serial number which begins with a "1".    :)

Oops, forgot to say the year -- we think it's from the mid/late-1940s.  We
also have a Univac board but that one will need some more parts!
 

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I have a slide rule from the 1930s.  :)

Our local club, MARCH, has an HP 300A Harmonic Wave Analyzer.  It's a got a
four-digit serial number which begins with a "1".    :)

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Subject: Re: Oldest machine (was: Re: Good haul of old pc stuph)

>That made we wonder... what's the oldest *operational* digital machine 
>owned by anyone on this list?  Although I suppose it's hard to define 
>'machine' - something with RAM, I/O in some form, and at least one CPU 
>(what the heck do you call a CPU when it's no longer central?)

I think the following would be my oldest complete systems, the big problem
with the oldest DEC HW I have is getting some easy to interface with I/O, or
getting the I/O I have up and running.  The exception on this list would be
the Apple II+.

PDP-8/E
PDP-8/M
PDP-11/03
IMSAI-8080
Apple II+

		Zane


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