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What did your grandfather do on it? He paid such a huge amount of money, but why? What was he doing?

RE: https://discuss.systems/users/ahelwer/statuses/112836345012817998

Andrew Helwer
23 July at 14:46

A wide ask here so please boost: my grandfather is trying to get rid of an old business computer, and I was wondering whether any vintage computer people might want it. It was purchased for $50k from The Ultimate Corporation in the early 80s. This ran the Pick operating system, and my best guess is the hardware was originally manufactured by GE or Honeywell. It's about the size of a half-rack and currently lives in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. It has sat covered in plastic in a chemical warehouse for the past 35 years. Where do people usually post stuff like this other than here? Thanks!

#RetroComputing

Photograph of the front of a half-rack-sized black computer sitting on the ground on rollers. In the top slot is a large tape reel reader, below that is the power control, and the modules below that are covered by a removable metal grille.
Photograph of one of the compute module trays pulled out of the lower part of the computer. It is a large circuit board with a ribbon cable trailing off the back into the computer.
Front photograph of the two compute module trays with their protective metal grille removed. Each are identical; on the left is a large encapsulated hard drive. On the right appears to be a power supply. In the middle is a metal drum of unknown purpose. Both are topped by a large circuit board.
Photo of model info plate. It reads: The Ultimate Corporation Model: 2000 S/N: GE4601 Volts: 120 VAC Amps/Watts: 10/1200
23 July at 20:39 | Open on misskey.de
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