** The ICT 1301 Resurrection project **
Rebuilding a 1960's mainframe in 2005
Progress in 2003, 2004 and 2005
In a broard overview, we have managed to restore the majority
of the main computer to working order, the large part of the machine which controls
data transfers to and from the magnetic tape drives still has problems which need
to be resolved, however enough of this section of the machine works to allow us to
issue tape handling orders to the Magnetic Tape Decks. We also have a some of the periperal
devices recovered, and currently in assorted states of repair, the good news is that
the drum, althought not fully reliable, can be used to store some test software to aid in fault
finding.
We believe that we are about sixty percent through the repair work, and we are
actually begining to see the results of nearly three years of TLC paying off !
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