The Philadelphia area has more Burroughs hardware in the wild than most places, you might just shake a few things free from ex employees living in the area, if you're lucky. Bill
On Thu, Jun 13, 2019, 11:50 PM Alan Perry via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > So, I ended up getting it. Anyone got a running system that can try to > read the data off of it? > > > On Jun 13, 2019, at 12:33 PM, Alan Perry via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > > > When I worked for Burroughs/Unisys, I was one of the last people working > on software for B1000. I think I was the sole user of the B1965 at their > Lake Forest (Orange County) California office in '88-89. I was surrounded > in my cubicle by all of the disk packs for that system. My favorite systems > while at Burroughs was the B1000s. > > > > One of those type of disk packs is up on eBay right now and I am trying > to decide whether to buy it. It is $60 plus another $40 for shipping. Is > that too much? I almost never see Burroughs stuff, so, if I want Burroughs > stuff, I should just get it, right? > > > > alan > > > >