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Old 17th Jun 2019, 1:31 pm   #29
TonyDuell
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Default Re: Peeling away my life one layer at a time. Dispose of data books?

I have to disagree with Woodchips on a number of points...

Firstly, the prices of 'old calculators' depends a lot on what they are. 1960's adding machines will sell for a few 10's of pounds. Anything remotely unusual (early-ish electronic, particularly programmable, electromechanical machines with automatic square root, etc) can sell for hundreds. And there are models that I would probably pay over £1000 for (but admittedly very few such models).

Secondly, as to 'who can fix a tape drive now', I can name at least one person who has repaired a 9-track computer reel-to-reel tape drive in the last couple of years. Me. Never had the chance to work on an IBM360 (or any other IBM mainframe) but I don't think it would be beyond me.

Thirdly, I am not psychic. You did not make it clear you had data books for offer, or roughly what they covered. You surely can't expect people to PM you with messages of the form 'Do you have the 1980-ish Philips databook that covers the SA5000 series teletext chips'? Or 'Any CRT databooks'? Or whatever.]
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