This argument is getting a bit tired. Do you have an [[IBM 360]] in your backyard?
Someone appparently does: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:IBM360-65-1.corestore.jpg
GNU FDL.
So you see, giving up too easily is a bad idea.
Again, I'm sorry for making that typo. The system in question is the [[IBM 1360]]. Three images showing it were recently uploaded to Wikipedia with explicit permission of the copyright holders. They were deleted on sight in accordance with your decree.
According to the uploader all IBM 1360 units have now been disassembled. Obtaining a free image may not be possible. We certainly don't have any now. This is an article which would greatly benefit from having pictures.
And, sadly, it seems that Jimbo's fatwah against UWP has increased the number of far-fetched rationalizations for fair use on Wikipedia.
I consider this quite unfortunate. I think that our use of fair-use should be restricted solely to pictures of absolute historical importance for which there is no possibility of a free alternative.
I would be fine with such a policy. And I argue that if we can tolerate a few fair-use images where they are the only ones available we can also tolerate a few used-with-permission images where those are the only ones we can obtain. See [[Z machine]] for another example.
Regards, Haukur