pdp 11s to be auctioned at Goddard ( plus trivia )

What we need is a central repository for classic computers:) About 15 miles down the road from where I live, near Kansas City, the National Archives has a big underground spot for all sorts of records. Part of the Smithsonian Archives is there. Space is cheap. A piece of trivia, I once heard that all of the population of Kansas City could be housed underground in case of Nuclear War. The entire area is underlain by limestone quarries. There are spots where they run trains full of frozen vegetables in and unload them. They can have a power failure and the temperature only goes up about 3 degrees in a month. Although they had a fire and it took several months to choke it off and they ended up pumping in liquid CO2 to smother the fire. The local newspaper, Kansas City Star, sent all of their reporter's notebooks and unpublished photos to a one of the "caves". Lots of valuable information especially about President Truman who's from the area. The newspapers and paper have to be acid neutralized or you end up with powder. Actually logistics and conservation is always a problem. You actually need an ongoing process to reexamine and prevent rust, vermin, and oxidation. You can't just store it you must actively maintain it. I'm sure I'm "Preaching to the choir". Mike mmcfadden(a)cmh.edu