Since I belive ALL IBM computers in that era were ONLY leased, it is technically still the property of IBM and they could claim it back.
<pre>--Carey</pre> > On 05/28/2024 1:32 PM CDT Jon Elson via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > On 5/28/24 12:02, ben via cctalk wrote: > > > > > >> Same concept as, if one guy living in a formerly > >> industrial loft has water cooling, and 300 amp 3 phase > >> power available, that does NOT make any computer > >> requiring that "personal". For that I'd say must be able > >> to plug into 50% of all homes, but realize more quibbling > >> might apply there, such as 90% of all "middle class" homes. > > > > For me to have a computer, means taking it 3 flights of > > stairs. > > Thus most vintage computers, I don't even think about them. > > > There's a story about a guy in Australia that found an > abandoned IBM 360/30 in a storage/shipper's warehouse and > dragged it to a rented office space that had no elevator. He > carefully dismantled it, dragged the pieces up to at least > the 2nd or 3rd floor, put it back together and got it running! > > QUITE a story! > > Jon
