Hardware Hobbyists vs. Emulator Jockeys (was: Re: UNIX V7)

[Rich Alderson]

> From: Roger Holmes
> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 2:18 AM

> My machine was killed off by the introduction of the 360, i.e. its  
> older.
> The ICT1301 was announced 1959 and my one (the first to leave the  
> factory) was shipped in 1962.
> The IBM 360 was I understand announced in 1965, probably shipped quite  
> soon after.

The System/360 was announced in April, 1964, but first ship was not until
1965.  In contrast, the DEC PDP-6 was announced in March, 1964, first ship
in June, 1964.[1]

On the other hand, the last PDP-6 in existence was destroyed by the Computer
Museum in Boston about 20 years ago, so you're one up there.

[1] Only 23 were built, but there were thousands of the follow-on PDP-10
    in various models.

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