On Fri, 27 Dec 1996 William L Eaves head2hoss@aol.com wrote: Route 2, Box 229 Claremore, OK 74017-9114 918-342-8821 Comments ... My unit was the 97th Machine Records Unit, HDQ FECOM. We supported the 5th Machine Records Unit,Mobile, with men and equipment. I went through Camp Drake January, 1951. Mr Truman extended my tour of duty for 6 months. Best of luck on completing this project. My MOS was 3400 (IBM machine Operrator) the forrunner of the current desktop computer that I'm trying to type on now. If I can be of any help on this project, Let me know.
On Sun, 19 Jan 1997 Bill934@aol.com wrote: The old Machine Records Units (MRU) used punched card machines. The mobile units used in Korea had the machines mounted in expandable trailers. The trailers were full sized 18-wheeler type and were manually expanded and folded up for travel. Later , a mortorized expansion was developed. Even when computers replaced the punched card machines, the size still required vans. During the late 60's IBM 360's were used in very large, but non-expandable vans. These units could close up and be on the road within two hours. Data transmission was by microwave (this was in the 60's--very advanced for that time). Now each army unit has PCs, with much greater capabilites than the old mainframes.