For Nerds Only (Oakland)

[rp2813]

Genuine IBM in, FWIW, working order.

In case you don't have enough hardware and wires strewn about already.

 

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/zip/5311274675.html

 

[ovrphil]

Ralph -

good grief, a real antique network/establishment controller - beats ebay seller's king of all dreams:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-3174-1R-Controller-/291522180349

 

[firedome]

Cool!

we have pieces of a circa 1975 Data General Nova 3 minicomputer here, and need to find the rest of it! (from back in my punched card era programming days, and like hen's teeth now).

 

[turquoisedude]

Dang, I thought that looked familar! One of my first jobs involved travelling around Québec installing boxes like that to hook up to the corporate mainframe in Burlington, Ontario. Does CICS come to mind, anyone??

 

[rp2813]

The IBM Blurb

About the only familiar term that I have knowledge on would be "frame relay," which is old school telco switching terminology for what has become known as "the cloud."

 

[ovrphil]

CICS

I had an opportunity after Control Datat to work in a CICS environment, but the owner was a skinflint jerk, so I moved along.