To all with interest in IBM 7090

I can only speak for myself as a volunteer at TNMOC but I personally think this kind of material is so important for documenting and demonstrating the evolution of computer use in its first generation. I would gladly support and sponsor the re-homing of this collection. Please permit me to elaborate... TNMOC is particularly and uniquely placed, even in relation to CHM to demonstrate and educate on first generation computing. We've rebuilt a Colossus. We are restoring the WITCH, and we're now planning to host a recreation of EDSAC. We are already displaying artifacts for EDSAC II, LEO II, Atlas, etc. The growth and development of these domestic companies did not take place in a vacuum and I would say we are still weak on IBM and UNIVAC. Their installations in the UK we a significant part of history computing and computing applications in Europe. There's no context to Ferranti and LEO until you include the wider story of first/second generation computer use. This collection, ! from what little I can glean is most deserving of preservation, not just manuals and technology descriptions, but all the contextual information of how these companies operated, what software was actually created, and how these relationships evolved over time. If I may, please let me intercede on dear old TNMOC's behalf, and offer assist however I can. Peter Van Peborgh <peter at vanpeborgh.eu> wrote: -- Colin