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    From [email protected]@21:1/5 to Billy Pettit on Sun Jun 16 19:45:04 2019
    On Saturday, April 2, 2005 at 2:19:08 AM UTC-6, Billy Pettit wrote:
    I just discovered this list and wonder if there are any old field engineers who worked on the 160-A?

    I am restoring one. It seems to be in pretty good shape, but I may need a core memory. Anybody know where some spare parts are or any systems that
    may be available?

    I'm pretty good on manuals and software - I was in Customer Engineering
    from 1963 to 1972, in Mpls, Atlanta, Huntsville, Houston, The Hague, London, Detroit. Then I joined the Cyber 170 development team at Mississauga, Ontario.

    Kept all my old 160/809X manuals complete with my notes. Even have the
    paper tapes for most of the software, and the software listings and maintenance manuals. What I'm short on is spares.

    Does anyone know if any scrap/surplus stores in Minneapolis have old CDC parts laying around? Used to be everywhere.

    Billy Pettit

    Hi Billy - is this a working email address? Curious about your 160A.
    Thanks,
    Jack Rubin

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  • From Richard@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 19 17:18:08 2019
    [Please do not mail me a copy of your followup]

    [email protected] spake the secret code <[email protected]> thusly:

    On Saturday, April 2, 2005 at 2:19:08 AM UTC-6, Billy Pettit wrote:
    I just discovered this list and wonder if there are any old field engineers >> who worked on the 160-A?

    I am restoring one. It seems to be in pretty good shape, but I may need a >> core memory. Anybody know where some spare parts are or any systems that
    may be available?

    I'm pretty good on manuals and software - I was in Customer Engineering
    from 1963 to 1972, in Mpls, Atlanta, Huntsville, Houston, The Hague, London, >> Detroit. Then I joined the Cyber 170 development team at Mississauga,
    Ontario.

    Kept all my old 160/809X manuals complete with my notes. Even have the
    paper tapes for most of the software, and the software listings and
    maintenance manuals. What I'm short on is spares.

    Does anyone know if any scrap/surplus stores in Minneapolis have old CDC
    parts laying around? Used to be everywhere.

    Billy Pettit

    Hi Billy - is this a working email address? Curious about your 160A.

    You do realize you're responding to a post that's almost 15 years old,
    right?
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  • From Daiyu Hurst@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Sep 14 11:02:55 2019
    On Sunday, June 16, 2019 at 10:45:05 PM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote:
    On Saturday, April 2, 2005 at 2:19:08 AM UTC-6, Billy Pettit wrote:

    Hi Billy - is this a working email address? Curious about your 160A.

    Hi Jack,

    There is an operational 160A at Living Computers Museum+Labs in Seattle.

    -Daiyu Hurst

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