Well, it’s not quite working yet. The panel was in bad shape, with lots of lint stuck in the switches (not surprising, considering what it came out of) and most of the switches not working properly. I laboriously disassembled, cleaned, and lubricated each switch several years ago. I think I got the panel working, but then the project stalled out at getting the rest of the computer working. It’s time for me to put it back on the front burner and get the thing working, starting with testing out the power supply. It’s my only machine with core memory, so it’ll be really cool to get it working.
I put an offer on that punch/reader on eBay, but I don’t think that the seller and I will find a mutually agreeable price. So, I’ll probably have to make a PC8E compatible interface for one of my other devices. That should be a fun way to learn about OMNIBUS interfacing.