Buying something from a museum (was Re: Whats in a straight 8

Alas yes. But then the same thing will ahppen to private collections, the owner will have died long before that. FWIW, I've disagreed with Mr Donzelli on lots of matters, but I do agree with him that _everybody_ should make a will. That way, their machines re hopefully presereved (and I would hope that the chap who receives them similarly makes a will, and so on). Incidentally, I mentioned in an easrlier message that one thing I wanted to do with the Telecopier in the msueum was see inside the telephone line interface. Somebody, I forget who, said that this might be difficult if that machine had been in the MOSI collection. Which leads me to ask,'What is the point in preserving these machines for future generations if there is no way for people to examine them and thus get information about them'. -tony