4 Sep
2015
4 Sep
'15
11:45 a.m.
I am sorry but I think he is living in airy fairy land if he thinks folks
will donate to a 70 year old who is now threatening to chuck stuff away and
re-cycle it rather than give others the chance to "make a go" of it with no
clear definition of how the money is to be spent.....
It seems to happen all the time with collectables (I must admit I have a
loft room full, and I don't have anywhere to exhibit) but to me this needs
PEOPLE and then a PLAN and lastly a Kick Starter project to get it
exhibitable, if indeed any of it is exhibit able. I can't see any responses
in a.f.c but if any one can let me know what the money is needed for and how
its going to be spent then I could start considering donating...
Dave Wade
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Subject: Re: Keys resurfaces
While I've not yet completely forgiven Mr. Keys for swiping a van load of
VAX
systems (including a bunch of MicroVAX 3100, 4000/VLC,
etc) over a decade
ago when I had offered him some wide format printers and large monitors,
I'm willing to talk to him and see what can be done if others are also
interested in this.
On Fri, 4 Sep 2015, Al Kossow wrote:
> Saw this in AFC
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> Another water damaged collection heading to the landfill
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> Subject: Houston (and everywhere else), we have ... an opportunity
> From: hlctminfo at gmail.com
> Injection-Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2015 15:37:06 +0000
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> My name is John Keys, and I incorporated the Houston Computer Museum
> in May=
> 2003 as 501(c)(3) non-profit.
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> I've been good at collecting things. I've have various PDPs, an
> HP3000, SE= L 810A, SDS 910, and a Cray YMP/EL8. I have an IBM 083
> card sorter and sev= eral keypunchs (models 024, 026, 029 and 129). I
> have over 1,200 books and= manuals. And those are just a small sample.
>
> That's the good news.
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> The bad news is that it's all in storage, in my home, or in a 3,300
> square-= foot warehouse. I don't have exhibit space. You might have
> heard that it = rains in Houston; the warehouse has flood damage that
> needs to be mitigate= d.
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> I haven't been good at getting the 21st century to work for me, and
> this is= where you come in. I need a functional web page, one that
> makes it easier= for people to donate online. I need a contact email
link
that works.
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> If you can help me get this done, I'd be grateful.
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> What's at stake? I'm 70 years old, and if I can't make a go of this,
> all t= hat equipment will get recycled or hauled off for scrap or
> dumped in a land= fill. And all of that documentation will go with it.
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> If you can help me with web hosting and web page design, let me know.
> Advi= ce is nice -- I've had lots of it -- but what I really need is
> people who c= an step up and do what I haven't done. I need help in
> cleaning all these ar= tifacts that were damaged by the flood. Contact
> me by email discuss how you= can help.
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> If there are enough people out there who care about this stuff, we can
> do t= his. You don't have to live in Houston. You don't have to live
> on the Gul= f Coast. It's even OK if you don't live in Texas.
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> To donate online, go to http://www.hlctm.org/services.htm and click on
> "Don= ate."
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> To contact me, send email to hcmjkeys at yahoo dot com.
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> Once we have something presentable, come visit. And thanks very much
> for r= eading this.
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> John Keys
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