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From: len@geac.UUCP (Leonard Vanek)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: IBM 1130 Nostalgia
Message-ID: <524@geac.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 6-Feb-87 10:18:10 EST
Article-I.D.: geac.524
Posted: Fri Feb  6 10:18:10 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 7-Feb-87 01:38:20 EST
References: <229@teksce.SCE.TEK.COM>
Reply-To: len@geac.UUCP (Leonard Vanek)
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Organization: Geac Computers Intl. Toronto, CANADA
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In article <229@teksce.SCE.TEK.COM> petel@teksce.UUCP (Pete Lancashire) writes:
>
>In article <504@PSUECLA>, mrb@psuecla.BITNET writes:
>> 
>> Did any one ever see a real live IBM 1800, which was an 1130 with data acqui-
>> sition facilities?
>> 
>Yep, I even know where 2 are still running a *small*
>petrochemical plant, one is an online backup for the other,
>As of about 6 months ago, the second 1800 had only been
>needed less than a dozen times. Tandom eat your hart out :-).
>
To the best of my knowledge eight 1800s are still being used to
control the Units 1 through 4 of the Pickering Nuclear Power
station outside of Toronto. At least, the plant was original
built with two 1800s running each reactor (one as backup). I
cannot see Ontario Hydro replacing a proven control system unless
they had problems with the computers. The plant has had some bad
publicity with failures of its tubing and fueling machine, but
I have never heard anything about the control computers.

Len