[inforoots] Re: +AFs-inforoots+AF0- Looking for infos and instructions for IBM Trainer withtubes

[charles habib]

David,
i am so sorry for this and want to thank you very much to have take the time
to fix my text. Gee i really feel bad about that.
A friendly and kind regard from Switzerland.
Charles


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+AD4- For me, the HTML message body in Charles Habib's email was so
+AD4- fouled up as to be unreadable.  I grabbed the plain text version, which
+AD4- also had some strangeness, and I made it mostly readable.  There is still
+AD4- something strange with the +ACI-printed +ACI-EL DEPT+ACIAIg-, which
+AD4- I am not sure how to fix.  Anyway, for those interested in what he
+AD4- was asking and who also saw a garbled message, there follows
+AD4- my plain text version of what he wrote.  Apologies if I changed
+AD4- meaning anywhere.
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+AD4- Regards,
+AD4-   David V.
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+AD4- ----- Original Message ----- 
+AD4- From: +ACI-charles habib+ACI- +ADw-c+AF8-habib+AEA-bluewin.ch+AD4-
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+AD4- Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 4:40 PM
+AD4- Subject: +AFs-inforoots+AF0- Looking for infos and instructions for IBM Trainer
+AD4- withtubes
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+AD4-
+AD4- Hello,
+AD4-
+AD4- i bought some time ago a carrying case labelled IBM with a board which
+AD4- looks like a trainer/simulator for logic operations with tubes.
+AD4- I think it would be a great way to explain to our students the origins
+AD4- of computing...if i could get it to work again and knew how to use
+AD4- Unfortunately even the IBM museum in Germany was not able to identify
+AD4- it....
+AD4-
+AD4- The only info i found was a small picture at SMECC (Southwest Museum of
+AD4- Engineering,Communications and Computation)
+AD4- showing the same unit wired http://www.smecc.org/computers.htm but SMECC
+AD4- is also asking for infos
+AD4-
+AD4- I would be extremely grateful if someone would help me
+AD4- with any kind of explanations, infos etc regarding its
+AD4- use.  The description is as follows and pictures are
+AD4- enclosed as attachement
+AD4-
+AD4-
+AD4- Description IBM Test set plus 18 modules.
+AD4-
+AD4- It is mounted in a wooden carrying case about 19 wide by 15 deep by 5
+AD4- 1/2 inches high.
+AD4-
+AD4- On the sides of the case is printed +ACI-EL DEPT+ACI-. It looks like it
+AD4- had the part number and type information. It's gone.
+AD4-
+AD4- The board in bakelite has eight 9 pin sockets and one Octal socket
+AD4- surrounded jacks.
+AD4-
+AD4- There are plugs labled +-150v, -100v, -100R.
+AD4-
+AD4- Near the front are a series of plugs with fuses labled -150v, -100v,
+AD4- -75v, +-50v, +-75v, +- 150v.
+AD4-
+AD4- Coming out of the left side is a cable with a 12 pin plug.
+AD4-
+AD4- Under the tester are spaces with 18 plug-in modules.
+AD4-
+AD4- One module is a diode block with clips for diodes.
+AD4-
+AD4- One module has 2 5AL5 tubes. The other modules have single tubes.
+AD4-
+AD4- There are 4 with 5964, 7 with 5844, 1 with 1684, 1 with 1680, 1 with
+AD4- 2d21 tubes.
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+AD4- Thanks so much
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+AD4- Kindest regards
+AD4- Charles Habib
+AD4- Basle Switzerland
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