So let's flip this round and ask what do people want to see and what can
people bring? No point stressing over space, power and helipads if there
are only a dozen people likely to exhibit with 'smaller' systems.
Julian
OK, so I could bring some or all of my Transputer system. Since it's
definetly classic and pretty rare I think it should be interesting. It
was manufactured by Whitecross as a data mining server and is basically
3 * 6U or so rack mount cages with 19 processor boards. Each board has 6
T425 transputers. There's also high speed inter-cage link cards using
fibre and some disk & system controller cages too. Nothing interesting
running on it yet so no power requirements!!
Could also bring a Cray-3 memory module. It's a beautiful object - just
a shame it's only one module.
I'm in Southampton but can travel to most places and help out others
with transportation (Mercedes estate).
Now, slightly OT but relevant none the less. I took a trip up to East
Yorks a few weeks ago to deliver a Prime to Jim Austin
(
http://www.computermuseum.org.uk/) and spent a _very_ happy 2 hours
looking around his huge collection. I know he's not on list, as I
understand it he's pushed for time. Now, a lot of his collection won't
travel (try transporting an IBM 3084 or water cooled Fujitsu!) but he
does have some fascinating and rare machines that I'm sure could be
exhibited. In fact, his aim is to get the facilities together to have an
open access collection.
I suspect that someone on list knows Jim better than I do and could drop
hints that he may want to be involved, or even that we hold a small
exhibition at his location. Shrug, just an idea :-)
TTFN,
James