As a member of the BCS Computer Preservation Society, I think you could have had a really fun time being there on the days that they were able to power up the ICL2966 mainframe. I remember booting up those monsters. Took anything from 20 to 30 minutes from cold just to get the main operating system up and running.
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There they go good job, good deals, data at its finest. July 29, 2023
It's hard to imagine, how much of an effort "memory" required. Mercury tubes, CRT …
We now take memory for granted !
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Thanks for sharing, from Brazil.
my college had an eliot 803 where i ran my first programs.
Amazing to see the vintage computers!!
very interesting
As a member of the BCS Computer Preservation Society, I think you could have had a really fun time being there on the days that they were able to power up the ICL2966 mainframe. I remember booting up those monsters. Took anything from 20 to 30 minutes from cold just to get the main operating system up and running.
Voice effect from Monty Python: "Aye. When I were a lad…"
Fantastic……thanks