[SunRescue] old storage

[BSD Bob]

> > I would love to find an old core module as a desk decoration- the ones I've
> > seen are cubes approx. 4-8 inches square; a cubical mesh of wires with the
> > little magnetic rings at the intersections. I'm assuming that was after some
> > disassembly- but it still looked cool!

I ran across a few core boards in surplus, on time.  Neat things.  I wound
up giving them to my retired IBM buddy, for his dinosaur collection.
The core area was about 2 inches square on a board about 8 inches square.
I have no idea how big it was memorywise.

> How about a few disk platters from an old IBM 32 (or 34 or 36).
> I'd hate to ship the whole 
> drive, but a platter or two might not be so bad.
> For someone in North Carolina, I've also 
> got the full set of manuals (I think).

Hey, a platter hung on the wall would be a shocker to those folks used
to teensie weensie 3.5 inch platters.....(:+}}...

I am in NC, but will pass on the old IBM manuals.  The only IBM
stuff I am into is the classic RT tower beast.

Any spare early Sun manuals, tapes or bits would be of interest, though,
for my library, or passing on to the general list rescue/preservation effort.

Bob in Raleigh....

> David Rouse
> Network Manager
> Goldsboro News-Argus