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.
