20 May
2003
20 May
'03
11:12 a.m.
On Tue, 20 May 2003, TeoZ wrote:
They should EBAY the duplicates or gut them for
spares, that way they
wouldnt need the same footprint. For a museium to have many multiples of the
same item is a waste of space (which costs money).
I agree to an extent but I think the reporter doesn't understand computer
technology. The article only says they have "10 mainframes" and "60
minicomputers and 50 microcomputers". I suppose if you have an IBM 709
then you don't really need the Univac? And since the Commodore 64, Apple
][ and Atari 800 all use the 6502, 2 of the 3 can go?
I think not ;)
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