A fine relatively rare machine, but not very useful without the other half, alas... ;-(
http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/Burroughs/Burroughs.E1400.1966.102646238.pdf An interesting branch of early computing that's largely ignored; the E series was an electronic replacement for the electro-mechanical F series; it was ultimately replaced by the all-electronic L series and finally the B80 merged the 'accounting machine' computers into the general-purpose computer world. I scrapped several E series machines years ago but kept most of the cards and a PPT perforator. The processor cabinets make nice work tables though... m ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Woolsey" <j...@jlw.com> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2017 5:42 PM Subject: Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own? > On 1/15/17 8:58 PM, Jeff Woolsey wrote: >> Burroughts E1400 deskside unit for the accounting machine. It's 1966 >> vintage, and has a couple core planes. I have the printset, too. It >> makes a dandy table, and hasn't seen any moving electrons (or holes) for >> 30 years. The local museum refused it, though. >> > I forgot that I had photos of this thing online somewhere: > > http://www.jlw.com/retro/slafmac/ > > > -- > Jeff Woolsey {{woolsey,jlw}@jlw,first.last@{gmail,jlw}}.com > Nature abhors straight antennas, clean lenses, and empty storage. > "Delete! Delete! OK!" -Dr. Bronner on disk space management > Card-sorting, Joel. -Crow on solitaire >