1970- IBM 3803 C.E.'s (customer engineer) diagnostic panel **

Object/Artifact

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VintageComputer.Gallery

Name/Title

1970- IBM 3803 C.E.'s (customer engineer) diagnostic panel **

Tags

IBM

Description

1970- This is a rare 1970s IBM Computer Engineer’s Control Panel to diagnose problems with the System 370’s 3803-2 Data Channel Control Unit (for Tape, Disk and Peripheral hardware data exchange to mainframe).The IBM 3803/3420 Magnetic Tape Subsystem combines the capabilities of the IBM 3803 Control Unit and the IBM 3420 Magnetic Tape Unit to provide a wide range of data rate capabilities for those systems requiring 10½-inch reel compatibility

Acquisition

Acquisition Method

EBay

Date

Feb 20, 2009