22 Mar
2005
22 Mar
'05
1:41 p.m.
On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 08:02:58 -0800 (PST)
Vintage Computer Festival <vcf at siconic.com> wrote:
On Mon, 21 Mar 2005, Erik Klein wrote:
Perhaps with his 'it doesn't have to be working' comment he could use
some help producing replicas. If it's an educational museum display, I
mean, and not a collection.
I got the following via email a bit ago:
---[ SNIP ]---
I'm trying to fill out a display that I am organizing for a local
museum. I need the following:
Apple I. Apple II, IMSAI 8080, ALTAIR, Mark-8, IBM 5100, HP 9830,
Arkay CT-650, Minivac 601, SIMON. (They do not have to be working.)
Any help you can give me in acquiring these PCs will be appreciated.
I spoke to Jim as well, and wished him much luck. Basically, he got
his list from here:
http://www.blinkenlights.com/pc.shtml
Most of the computers he lists are either impossible to find or were
never manufactured (i.e. the SIMON and Mark-8 were kits), or are
beyond the budget of his country museum (Apple-1). I explained all
this to him and offered additional assistance, but he went away
quietly. That he still might be at it tells me he didn't believe me,
I suppose.
Oh well.
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