2 Oct
2009
2 Oct
'09
11:42 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sridhar Ayengar" <ploopster at gmail.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 2:13 AM
Subject: Re: Classic computers endangered!
Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
Doesn't the National Museum of American History keep a sizeable collection
too?
Peace... Sridhar
Keeping machines is good, archiving the software, operating manuals, and
production documentation is better, but having people around that can
actually use those resources to keep those machines running (understanding
how they work and fixing them as needed with spare parts) would be the best.
How many museums actually have people working there that can do anything
outside of stack, catalog, prop up items, and dust them?
Cars basically operate today like they did in the 1920's , but computers
There are
15(-ish) computer museums just in the U.S.A.
Not to mention the technical museums that does not focus on computers but
have large collections. For instance a Cray-1 is on exibit in the
Stockholm technical museum and there is a _very_ nice setup of a Cray-2
in the Musee des Arts et Metiers in Paris. from the 50's are nothing like today's machines
(input/output/construction)
so it would be harder to get them setup and running.