We have found ' Two ' more machines.
The 1st 1301 into a museum:-
This scan of on old news paper clipping, was sent by Hamish Camichael.
The above photo is of Prof Brian Cox ( left ) and Bruce McMillan, the original ICL
engineer. This precious item is in the Otago Settlers Museum, alongside and in stark
contrast, with the IBM 360.
Both now a part of the global history of computing.
The French Connection ?
A wonderful email from Hans of ACONIT told us that there is another
machine hiding in Grenoble.
Hi there, just found your pages regarding the ICT 1301 restoration project.
We, ACONIT ( http://www.aconit.org in French) have a 1301 in somewhat
lamentable state but substantially complete. I am pretty sure we have
the wire-wrap tool you are looking for.
We also have several card boxes of programs and, more importantly, test
routines for the machine. Further we have a fair amount of documentation
(I MIGHT) have the initial order listing also. Some of the docs are in
french others in english.
Needless to say we are talking to ACONIT, and I will update as we get news.
If you would like to visit their site, and it is highly reccomended, then here is a Link
The French Connection ?
A wonderful email from Hans of ACONIT told us that there is another machine hiding in Grenoble.
Hi there, just found your pages regarding the ICT 1301 restoration project.
We, ACONIT ( http://www.aconit.org in French) have a 1301 in somewhat
lamentable state but substantially complete. I am pretty sure we have
the wire-wrap tool you are looking for.
We also have several card boxes of programs and, more importantly, test
routines for the machine. Further we have a fair amount of documentation
(I MIGHT) have the initial order listing also. Some of the docs are in
french others in english.
Needless to say we are talking to ACONIT, and I will update as we get news.
If you would like to visit their site, and it is highly reccomended, then here is a Link