3 Nov
2018
3 Nov
'18
7:04 a.m.
At 04:34 AM 3/11/2018 -0700, Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> wrote:
On 11/3/18 1:00 AM, Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote:
Al, a few points:
1. This and several other items from their collection were passed specificaly to me BY THE
ACMS last week, on their
initiative, since their storage situation has deteriorated further. The executive of
ACMS have visited my workshop,
and know my capabilities and intentions.
2. I'm not grinning about the tragic lack of support for tech museums in this country
(Australia.) If you knew me at all,
you'd know my opinions of why that is, and what a disaster it is.
I'm grinning about having a chance to preserve such a nice machine, myself. This
should be obvious to anyone who wasn't
predisposed to a hostile attitude, for some reason.
3. I'm currently only evaluating options for restoring it. And will discuss with ACMS
before doing anything, apart from
making a screw-on protection for the wire-wrap backplane asap. (Next week, need to buy
some aluminum sections.)
It will be a *long time* before I can seriously begin on it, due to the length of my
work queue. Which doesn't mean
I can't start trying to locate information and parts now.
3. It seems you have time to go out of your way to criticise in a situation you know
little about, but you don't have
time to find that Documation TM200 physical manual you recalled seeing at bitsavers,
and repeatedly ignore me when
I ask you about where it is now, what are your plans for it, can I borrow or buy it
from you, etc.
Since I'm restoring a TM200, and so far yours is the only sighted copy of a manual
anywhere, that's disappointing.
4. 'When I die' - this is a known issue. Though thankfully not an urgent one.
Australia is very different to the USA.
Guy
I only received this machine on Thursday, opened
the box properly on Friday and found it was missing such
such major parts. It belongs to the ACMS (Australian Computer Museum Society) but with
the way things are
going with them and their storage space ongoing misfortunes, I may be 'looking after
it for them' indefinitely.
(grins)
The loss of a non-profit collecting institution is nothing to "grin" about.
I hope you start thinking about who it will go to when you die.
Also, since it isn't yours, did you tell them you intend to 'restore' it?