20 May
2003
20 May
'03
11:52 a.m.
The reporter stated that they take all donations instead of having them
scrapped, so I figured they have multiples of the common
computers/servers/mainframes in that area of the world.
50 micro's dont take up much space, 10 mainframes do.
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From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf(a)siconic.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 12:07 PM
Subject: Re: No space for vinatge computers in australia (fwd)
Festival
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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