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    RobS replied to the thread Honeywell 200 resurrection.
    That may explain why I was able to acquire a control panel originally used in a college in Kennesaw Georgia. I think the other one...
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    RobS replied to the thread Honeywell 200 resurrection.
    I think the situation in the UK was different from that in the USA because there was not such a large market here, so leasing wasn't so...
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    RobS replied to the thread Honeywell 200 resurrection.
    As I explained in my article in RESURRECTION, the house magazine of the Computer Conservation Society here in the UK, my original reason...
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    RobS replied to the thread Honeywell 200 resurrection.
    How old were you then? I recall the console on one of our later machines developing an embarrassing fault. Given what has already been...
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    RobS replied to the thread Honeywell 200 resurrection.
    It may just be a coincidence. The STOP and RUN buttons would be in the bottom row because they were often used and operators got into...
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    RobS replied to the thread Honeywell 200 resurrection.
    I haven't tried using the waxed nylon cord I bought yet but it is made by a European company, SES Sterling, who state that the fibres in...
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    RobS replied to the thread Honeywell 200 resurrection.
    I don't know about TTY print mechanisms but making a realistic Honeywell console keyboard wouldn't be too much of a problem. There...
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    RobS replied to the thread Honeywell 200 resurrection.
    My H200 panel pictured previously HERE also has nylon cable ties which are possibly the originals although there is also some lacing...
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    RobS replied to the thread Honeywell 200 resurrection.
    But not any more? I always have to deliberate about which aspects of my home brew machine need to be similar enough to those on the...
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    RobS replied to the thread IBM 1401 - UK.
    I only just noticed this comment. On this occasion it's purely a coincidence that I'm mentioning the Honeywell 200 on a thread about...
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