Abandoned AmericaDec 9, 2022

A Burroughs F5100 Adding Machine left behind in an abandoned auto parts manufacturer and distributor
EDIT: According to @MrNick it's a posting machine, not an adding machine. I believe I saw it refered to as an adding machine on ebay. Sorry for the mix up

Gallery/history: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/r-j-loock-auto-parts

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The Abandoned R.J. Loock & Co. Auto Parts in Baltimore, Maryland | Abandoned America

From 1913 to 2001, R.J. Loock & Co. not only distributed parts they patented and created them and also operated a retail storefront in Baltimore. Then they closed, leaving behind a time capsule of decades of vintage auto paraphernalia.

Show threadJeremy L Lawson ☕Dec 9, 2022
@AbandonedAmerica @MrNick Man, I haven't thought about Burroughs in so long! Was never around these, but in my childhood for a while my father had a Burroughs Large Systems Mainframe in our living room that he had been pulled from a building that was being torn down. This was in the early 80s and the machine wasn't even that old at the time.
Show threadAbandoned AmericaDec 10, 2022
@jeremyllawson @MrNick was he hoping to use it? Resell it? Or he just liked machines?
Show threadJeremy L Lawson ☕Dec 10, 2022

@AbandonedAmerica He did many things, programming for one. He didn't keep it that long and eventually he sold and set it up for someone. I was maybe 6 or 7 years old at the time and just getting into computers myself. Not long afterwards I got a TI-99/4A to play with and a big Atlas metal lathe and some other machinery related bits took the Burroughs place (Yes, in the living room)

Yeah, I had a very nontraditional childhood. Computers, machinery, vintage cars, etc.

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@jeremyllawson that sounds like a really cool childhood, actually
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