16 Oct
2010
16 Oct
'10
11:40 a.m.
I agree, I loaned my Yellow Computer Space to Barbican in the UK for
their GameOn exhibit, it came back with its original TV set ruined and
they CUT the HV line and other wires inside!!!!!!!!!!!
Ouch!.
As an aside, I've heard that you should never lend anything rare/valuable
as a prop for film/television. There have been too many cases where the
object has been essentailly ruined, and while they'll pay you the insured
value, taht is hardly what you want (as I have said many times 'Ypu can't
hack banknotes'). Not just computers, I've heard of antique furnitrue
coming back in a terrible state.
I will never loan anything I have to another "Museum" ever again, I
would only trust other enthusiasts, those in the trenches so to speak
who have a respect and understanding for the items they are entrusted with.
While I have no problem with demonstrating my machines, and to taking
them apart so that other enthusiasts can see the insides, and to letting
people use them, I do insist that I am present _all the time_. No exceptions.
So yes, if you're, say, restoring an HP9125 plotter, like the one that
sold on E-bay rexently for over $2K, and you want to, say, check some
signals, then I'll find a way to get mine set up so you can clip your
'scope onto it. But I am not going to lend it to you.
-tony