Thomas, when I was at school, the University Computer Club won an ancient mainframe by tendering $5 and a six-pack of beer. It was duly installed in a room in the Human Sciences Building where it remained for years because nobody could figure out how to get it back out once construction of the building was complete. The thing had massive multiplatter Winchester drives. To start it, one had to feed a long paper strip. It sounded like a poorly tuned flying saucer when it started and circuit breakers would trip once the Winchesters got a good spin on, causing a sound that reverberated through the building like the Millenium Falcon unable to enter hyperspace. I often wonder what happened to it after I left. Aah, those were the days.
Regards
j.R
"... They ne'er cared for us
yet: suffer us to famish, and their store-houses
crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, to
support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act
established against the rich, and provide more
piercing statutes daily, to chain up and restrain
the poor. If the wars eat us not up, they will; and
there's all the love they bear us."
-- Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act 1, scene 1
