Hey! Soo.. interesting story- My Father-in-law, for many years used to talk about an IBM computer that he saved from being scrapped in the late 60's-early 70's. He said that he stashed it away in the attic with hopes to one day have it rewired to have the light son the panel flash as if operational and hang on his wall. He said that he spent hundreds of hours in front of that panel and couldn't imagine it being trashed.
Many, many years later and after his passing, I've found it!
I'm here asking for a little advice.. What should I do with it now??
I'm a car guy.. not a computer guy. My concern is that if I move forward and have the panel modified and changed over to LED to make creative "art", that I may be destroying something of value and history. (I attribute it to a non-car lover painting a 60's classic at Maaco for $199)
Any advice is valued.. Have fun with it or leave it be? Does it have some inherent value? Not sure I'm interested in selling it, rather just hold on to or display or is there something I'm not thinking about??
Pics below.
Many, many years later and after his passing, I've found it!
I'm here asking for a little advice.. What should I do with it now??
I'm a car guy.. not a computer guy. My concern is that if I move forward and have the panel modified and changed over to LED to make creative "art", that I may be destroying something of value and history. (I attribute it to a non-car lover painting a 60's classic at Maaco for $199)
Any advice is valued.. Have fun with it or leave it be? Does it have some inherent value? Not sure I'm interested in selling it, rather just hold on to or display or is there something I'm not thinking about??
Pics below.