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

[Bob Shannon]

1968 HP 2114
1969 HP2116
1969 Imlac PDS-1

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From: "Jules Richardson" <julesrichardsonuk at yahoo.co.uk>
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Subject: Oldest machine (was: Re: Good haul of old pc stuph)


> Tony Duell wrote:
>>> One thing I love about my old IBM PC 5150 with ST-225 is that *it is 
>>> still running 22 years later*.  I fire it up at least once a week to do 
>>> some hobby
>>
>> Newcommer :-). My 32-year-old HP9830 still fires up.
>
> 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 remember the discussions a while back about age of list members, but I 
> don't recall ever seeing a similar one about age of collections!
>
> Not having all the peripherals that would have perhaps originally gone 
> with the machine is acceptable I think (I can see some people having room 
> for a mainframe and control desk, but probably not for a bazillion tape / 
> drum units to go with it!). But other than that, make it complete (i.e. 
> things like the single rack of EDSAC that we have - whilst perhaps 
> "operational" - doesn't count :)
>
>
> (I'd quite like to hear responses from people with analogue machines too, 
> but someone else will be able to define qualifying rules much better than 
> I can)
>
> Just out of curiosity!
>
> cheers
>
> Jules
>
>