19 Jun
2013
19 Jun
'13
1:06 p.m.
On 6/19/2013 12:45 PM, Pontus wrote:
I'm a big fan of both swedish
"Antikrundan" and the British AR. I've
though quite a bit about what to bring if I were to go.
It's my impression that things don't have to be particularly old or
valuable to get shown. If it's odd and interesting you have a chance.
I'd bring:
1. I have a doohickey that I think is used for aligning heads in
RP06-size disk drives. It comes in a nice wooden box and looks
curious. I'd bring that.
I have a pack inspector, but it isn't that old. I
am striving for the
70's era, and don't have any RP06 stuff that would show well, nor would
there likely be anyone who would know more about it than I do.
2. I'd probably bring one or two of my front
panels. And if I got to
show those I'd ask of the viewers not to rip the front panel off the
computer, the computer is worth more!
I thought about bringing the Multics front
panel I got from Nick Allen,
but as other say, I doubt that will get me on the air (due to lack of
appraisers / experts / interest in electronics )
3. Perhaps a few punch cards or paper tape.
has no value, and that is a central theme to the show.
Other than that, I think an Apple-1 is the only thing
that would
register.
Oh, please don't bring core memory, it will only drive the ebay prices
up :)
I was thinking of a monster DataRam board I have, again same reply as
#2 It does look more cool than what I do plan to take.
Cheers,
Pontus.