Discussion of large systems

Chuck Guzis cclist at sydex.com
Sat Dec 2 11:38:48 CST 2006


On 2 Dec 2006 at 18:15, Tore Sinding Bekkedal wrote:

> I recently discovered a UNIVAC 9400 and 9300 in the museum of
> telecommunications' warehouse here in Norway. These are machines
> replicating the System/360 instruction set (of the mod. 30 and 20,
> respectively). The 9300, I don't currently know much about, but speaking
> for the 9400, the card punch, card reader, and line printer have been
> preserved. They seem in excellent condition.

Aren't the 9000-series Univacs not home-grown products, but rather 
the follow-on result of the RCA Spectra acquisition by Univac?  IIRC, 
they're nothing like the 1100-series at all.

Cheers,
Chuck



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