Honeywell - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

petergeorge · 24th Oct 2007, 1:34 am

The first computer I worked on was a Honeywell 115/2 in 1975. Had a massive control panel, 80 column card reader, 1 mag tape drive, 2 disk drives, 132 column belt printer and a massive 32k of memory. Moved on to Honeywell 64/20, then L66/20, then DPS440 and multiple L6/DPS6 systems.

glenn-b · 25th Oct 2007, 11:22 am

A certain Australian corporation has the front panel (approx 1m x 2m) of a Honeywell H8200 on display in the foyer of one of its computer centres. I was a true dinosaur with lots of flashing lights and toggle switches. There was no multitasking, programs were loaded from cards and most data processing done by mag tape - mag tape. It was used up until the early 1980s and a simulator was written for the Honeywell L66 so the old applications could be run. The front panel was restored by the Honeywell field service engineers.

rovereab · 30th Oct 2007, 12:08 am

I remember the "bootstrap" button on the control panel for my first employer's 2040 and 2050 mainframes.

Eamonn

24th Oct 2007, 1:34 am	#1
petergeorge Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Sydney,Australia Posts: 3	Honeywell The first computer I worked on was a Honeywell 115/2 in 1975. Had a massive control panel, 80 column card reader, 1 mag tape drive, 2 disk drives, 132 column belt printer and a massive 32k of memory. Moved on to Honeywell 64/20, then L66/20, then DPS440 and multiple L6/DPS6 systems.

25th Oct 2007, 11:22 am	#2
glenn-b Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 12	Re: Honeywell A certain Australian corporation has the front panel (approx 1m x 2m) of a Honeywell H8200 on display in the foyer of one of its computer centres. I was a true dinosaur with lots of flashing lights and toggle switches. There was no multitasking, programs were loaded from cards and most data processing done by mag tape - mag tape. It was used up until the early 1980s and a simulator was written for the Honeywell L66 so the old applications could be run. The front panel was restored by the Honeywell field service engineers. Last edited by Station X; 25th Oct 2007 at 1:28 pm. Reason: Unnecessary quote removed.

30th Oct 2007, 12:08 am	#3
rovereab Tetrode Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chelmsford, Essex, UK. Posts: 86	Re: Honeywell I remember the "bootstrap" button on the control panel for my first employer's 2040 and 2050 mainframes. Eamonn