11 May
2016
11 May
'16
11:50 p.m.
This is great news despite the sorrow. Thank you for that, the museum is such an awesome
resource for HP collectors. I saw your video on the 2116 restoration were both Jon and you
appear. We have at least one more at the CHM, just as a static display for now. I hope I
can visit you in Melbourne one day.
Marc
Sent from my iPad
On May 10, 2016, at 2:25 PM, Paul Berger <phb.hfx
at gmail.com> wrote:
The following was posted on hpmuseum.org this morning:
*RE: Jon Johnston Passes *
As an update to the sad news of Jon Johnston's death, I can advise that the HP museum
and the hpmuseum.net website he built will be continued and maintained for the foreseeable
future.
Over the last 8 months I have worked with Jon in restoring items from his collection of
equipment and, among a range of items, recently restored an HP2116A computer to working
order - one of only two Jon was aware of in the world and the only one that's
operational.
At this stage we have not been able to access the website and put any notices or updates
but that should be addressed shortly.
Jon's wife has asked me to look after the museum and website for the foreseeable
future and as much as possible, continue to develop the museum in line with Jon's
vision and objectives.
As a short background, I joined HP Australia in 1982 as a Customer Engineer maintaining
HP3000s, HP250s, all peripherals, terminals etc. I stayed with HP for over 26 years
(including 5 years in Palo Alto) in a range of Services roles and have many fond memories
of the company and the people I worked with.
While my ability to invest time into the museum is more limited than Jon's, I hope to
honour both his memory and the legacy of the 'old HP' by keeping the museum going
as best I can, hopefully with help from the HP interest groups across the world.
David Collins