All the best computing decisions I’ve made in my life required a front-end loader, and this big beast is no exception! Bob over at System Source is an absolute legend and has entrusted an incredibly rare piece of vacuum tube computing history to me, and I don’t intend to let him down. We’re going to get this beautiful piece of room heating equipment up and going! But today, let’s just take a look at just how big of a mountain we have to climb.
Chapters 0:00 Sitting on the dock of the bay 1:33 Unloading 1,500 lbs. of computer goodness 3:39 A wild G15 has appeared! 5:52 Casters, cleaning and rearranging 10:47 What’s the plan Stan? 13:18 The tube and diode modules 14:46 The backplane wiring 16:11 The rotating drum memory 18:31 The front panel 20:18 The paper tape reader and punch 21:40 Odds and ends 24:27 Mogu, mogu, mogu
