CHM gripe (was: rarest computers)

Vintage Computer Festival wrote: ... I'm not so keen on the CHM. I don't know if I aired this already or not, but I think not. When I left the bay area a couple months ago, I tried to give my working wang 2200 with terminal, manuals, working floppy disk system, fixed/removable hard disk system, and disks. It took a LOT of work (weeks of one-sided prodding) on my part to have them consider it. "The curator will contact you in a few days..." (a week passes), another email, "The curator will contact you in a few days...", more time passes, another email, "Could you describe it again?", etc. After more than a month of delay, I received and email with the tenor of a form letter along these lines: Dear Jim, thank you for considering the CHM. Unfortunately at this time we don't have an interest in obtaining your keypunch machine. Here are the names of some other museums that may be interested ... It went to the digibarn instead. That they didn't want my computer isn't what ruffled me -- it was their seeming indifference to what I thought was a generous offer. At any rate, I'm sure the computer ended up with someone (Bruce) who appreciates it more than the CHM.