3 Jun
1998
3 Jun
'98
9:04 a.m.
On Wed, 3 Jun 1998, Tony Duell wrote:
That's what we're here for. We preserve the machines for their
functionality. In 30 years, people will be coming to see our collections
of working computers instead of wasting time at such museums watching
static displays of dubious historical accuracy.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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Actually, if
the curator follows all of the museum rules to the letter, I
can see why he would have refused the cards. However, having the later
Then the museum rules are broken IMHO.
Preserving a computer or technological artifact is rather different IMHO
from preserving a piece of art. In the latter case the visual appearance
is what matters, in the former case it's the function.