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To: Pilsner
Wow. The first computer I worked on was the IBM 1130 with 8K Memory and .5 Mb removable disk storage. Programming was in Fortran. Am I old or what?
8 posted on 09/10/2013 1:38:47 PM PDT by BaylorDad (I can't always buy American, but when I can, it's not UAW!)
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To: BaylorDad

Yea we are old!


9 posted on 09/10/2013 1:52:50 PM PDT by fremont_steve
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To: BaylorDad

I would also point you at www.dvq.com - look for the link on the 1130. This is a site owned by a college buddy. He bought an IBM 1130 off of EBAY and had it shipped from Vienna for about $1K in shipping costs. He has some great pictures of him un-boxing the 1130.

He collects old computers and his collection of mini-computers rivals/surpasses the on-display collection of the Computer History Museum. I would provide a direct link - but it seems there is a connection problem right now?


11 posted on 09/10/2013 1:59:08 PM PDT by fremont_steve
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