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Offline txgmanTopic starter

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Having trouble find a specific video.
« on: February 01, 2014, 12:08:28 pm »
Hello everyone, a few months back I came across a video of Mr. David Jones talking about a cool little item he had just purchased. He had bought from what I can remember was a 1950s era IBM computer bit that was the size of his hand, full of resistors and just plain cool. I would like to show my students this video but cannot find it. I have looked through pretty much all of EEVBlog's youtube videos, all 600 and something. Can anyone help?

Thank You,
Gary
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Re: Having trouble find a specific video.
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2014, 12:14:47 pm »
I'm scratching my head...
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Offline G7PSK

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Re: Having trouble find a specific video.
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2014, 03:29:00 pm »
Was it the old Hard disk that Dave had, As I remember it was very large and held less than a floppy. I cant find it  but remember seeing it some time ago.
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Offline baljemmett

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Re: Having trouble find a specific video.
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2014, 05:25:28 pm »
Are you thinking of the LVDC board that Fran sent him in a recent Mailbag episode (561)?  I think I saw mention that the construction style/technology used on those boards was also seen in some contemperaneous IBM systems...
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Offline txgmanTopic starter

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Re: Having trouble find a specific video.
« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2014, 12:22:13 am »
No, It was a byte or probably bit as he called it that was made up of numerous resistors. I believe I remember he said he bought it from someone in Sweden for $400 or $500 bucks.
I figured it would be a long shot, but I do appreciate everyones help.
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Re: Having trouble find a specific video.
« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2014, 01:15:54 am »
Quote from: txgman on February 02, 2014, 12:22:13 am
No, It was a byte or probably bit as he called it that was made up of numerous resistors. I believe I remember he said he bought it from someone in Sweden for $400 or $500 bucks.
I figured it would be a long shot, but I do appreciate everyones help.

That doesn't ring a bell at all.
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Re: Having trouble find a specific video.
« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2014, 04:15:13 am »
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Offline tekfan

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Re: Having trouble find a specific video.
« Reply #7 on: February 03, 2014, 05:29:32 am »
Maybe this?

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Offline Psi

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Re: Having trouble find a specific video.
« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2014, 05:33:05 am »
Yeah, i'm pretty sure that's what he's thinking of.
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Offline txgmanTopic starter

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Re: Having trouble find a specific video.
« Reply #9 on: February 03, 2014, 10:54:35 pm »
That is it, I dont know how I got it twisted with EEVblog but I did. Fantastic
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Re: Having trouble find a specific video.
« Reply #10 on: February 03, 2014, 11:52:06 pm »
Quote from: wilfred on February 03, 2014, 11:45:56 pm
I went onto Ebay and found it at World of Books, I was happy to get a hardback for $7. Every other book I have bought from them has been in great condition even if it was described as average.

I love using Abebooks to find books:
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&tn=The+Soul+of+A+New+Machine
$3.41 inc postage in the US.
Even shipping to Oz is almost always quite reasonable.
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