Doug T.
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Post by Doug T. on Aug 20, 2012 17:12:42 GMT -5
Hi All! I just won the bidding on a Honeywell Visimatic. Got it for 2.50 USD + 7.50 shipping. It's a re-badged Petri Computor, which was in production from 1970-74. It fits nicely in my collection of un-loved orphans, and I'll post some photos as soon as it gets here. I've been assured that it works, but with some of these sellers it's a bit iffy. We shall see  Doug |
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Post by hansz on Aug 21, 2012 3:10:47 GMT -5
Doug, Interesting, also US brandnames are definitely different than European ones. Petri Computor??? Never heard of, let alone a Honeywell Visimatic?  ? Just say, I'm curious... Hans |
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Post by Doug T. on Aug 21, 2012 10:34:12 GMT -5
Hans, I'm a big fan of oddball cameras. As soon as I receive it, I'll post some photos. Honeywell got their start in the late 1800s producing first mechanical, then electrical furnace controls. They've tried their hand at various different business ventures, including computers. I'm pretty sure that they made flash units, and starting in the 1950s began distributing re-badged cameras, first under the Heiland name, and then as Honeywell. I didn't know that they sold a re-badged Petri until I saw it online. camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Petri_Computor_35Doug |
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Post by Peltigera on Aug 21, 2012 12:10:38 GMT -5
Hans, I'm a big fan of oddball cameras. As soon as I receive it, I'll post some photos. Honeywell got their start in the late 1800s producing first mechanical, then electrical furnace controls. They've tried their hand at various different business ventures, including computers. I'm pretty sure that they made flash units, and starting in the 1950s began distributing re-badged cameras, first under the Heiland name, and then as Honeywell. I didn't know that they sold a re-badged Petri until I saw it online. camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Petri_Computor_35Doug The first computer that I used was a Honeywell mainframe (actually built by Phillips) It was the size of the proverbial wardrobe and had 4k memory. |
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Post by daveh on Aug 23, 2012 12:57:17 GMT -5
I never worked with an old mainframe - but we've all seen them in films and documentaries. A whole floor taken up by electronics with the computing power of a fly.
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Post by hansz on Aug 24, 2012 4:07:39 GMT -5
You're talking to a Big Blue guy with over 35 years at the company...
I started with mainframes (701 - 360 - 370 etc) and migrated a lot of Honeywell, Bull, and other brands to IBM. All electronic ones with ferrite memory cells - huge machines!
My personal first was a SYM motherboard with 1K RAM and hex input/output. Costed about $ 200... Half a year later it was upgraded to a dizzling 4K at the same price (around 1973 I think) - your mainframe for 400 bucks...
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