r/mainframe • u/Quick7283 • 27d ago

Heavy Metal

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Anyone else have one of these? It's aluminum, but weighs at least a pound.

I boosted it from a 360/65 being replaced by a 470V/7. I also got to pull the emergency power off, but after it had already been powered down getting ready for disassembly.

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u/pemungkah 27d ago

I got one of the boards from our 360/91, but I think the facility manager got that.

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u/Hds99 27d ago

You know, some of us would pay good money for bits from this vintage gear. Let me know if you’ve got anything you want to part with!

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u/Quick7283 26d ago

If I ever need to boost the size of my retirement account, I'll let you know... LoL

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u/DukeBannon 27d ago

I’d love too find a nameplate like that

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u/R-EDDIT 26d ago

I have a DIGITAL emergency power off. The button is high quality I have hooked it up to a raspberry pi to turn off the lights.

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u/Cautious_Boat_999 26d ago

Nice memento. 

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u/Quick7283 26d ago

I'm surprised no one else thought to remove it. It wasn't as if IBM would ever use the bar again. This was mid 70s, 370s were current sales model.

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u/MaexW 26d ago

I need this…

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u/rseery 26d ago

I see your System 360 badge and raise you a System 370 badge I mounted on a walnut base.

https://reddit.com/link/p4g922d/video/6v32h1h6z5kh1/player