IBM 1130 from Austria

November 27, 2005 - IBM arrives after spending about a week in customs. The crate was never opened at customs.

Crate as it arrived. Start of unpacking, it was very well constructed. Top off, first peek inside. Unit was wrapped and sealed in a foil material.
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Under the foil it was wrapped in cardboard then plastic. It's real! (but very dirty)! Very dirty, some paint chipping on the keyboard panel. Box full of disk packs.
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Disk drive. Keyboard, there were spare lamps just sitting on it. Removed from crate. Rear open.
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Left rear with some rust. Right rear, in pretty good condition. Front view. Close up of console.
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Close up of keyboard. Close up of printer. Cleaned up a little. A cleaner console.
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My new project!
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Now, to start the clean up and hunt for a 60 Hz to 50 Hz power converter.

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