Rare IBM computer from 1976 up for sale on eBay

A woman is selling an extremely rare 1970s IBM computer like that which helps power the US nuclear system. Faith Warner, 38, decided to auction off the huge Series 1 machine after it spent decades gathering dust in her garage. She says the computer model originally sold for anything between £100,000 to £150,000 - but she has listed it on Ebay with a modest starting price of £5,000. Ms Warner said: 'My dad used to run an engineering firm but in his spare time he wrote for a PC magazine and loved collecting old technology that he would try to fix. 'My father died six years ago and over the years my mum has got rid of some bits and the collection has dwindled - but this one was left behind, mainly because it's so big.' Ms Warner, who runs a retreat in north Devon, researched the IBM Series 1 after uncovering it under a tarpaulin two years ago.