Need help

-----Original Message----- From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Chuck McManis Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 10:07 PM To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Need help Deer Sir; I have just been given three ENIAC machines to display in a museum but they are currently in Nigeria where they were used for nuclear weapons testing. I can get them and preserve them for the National Museum of Science but I need your help. They won't believe I am a serious collector unless I can show them that I own a working PDP-1. I need you to box up and ship me a working PDP-1 so that I can set it up and show it to them. Then they will send me the three ENIACs by first class air mail. I will keep one, send one to the museum and you can keep one. You will agree that an ENIAC, the first digital computer, is much more valuable than a PDP-1 so you will understand that I must keep the PDP-1 just in case they do a "surprise" inspection. Thank you for your help, it is a good cause. Sincerely, Prof. Peabody. ----------------------------------------------------------- :-)