rarest computers. was: RE: Xerox Alto Restoration + Emulation

On Tue, 2004-08-03 at 17:37, John Honniball wrote: Hmm, someone was supposed to be getting in touch with me about one of these a while back, then they went quiet. I hope they didn't chuck it! Any install media? We have a couple at the museum; one's probably viable for restoration using parts from both. Unfortunately the hard drive is definitely shot in one of them, and the other is emitting a lot of bearing noise and so doesn't have much time left. I think they'd been stored in a giant container of dust and then had water poured on them; and don't even ask about the corrosion from the leaking batteries! :) We have docs for them (no service manuals unfortunately) but no install media so they're pretty much boat anchors right now... cheers Jules