To all with interest in IBM 7090

The important thing is if you return something functional(regardless of what) to its original visual appearance you have only done half the job. If you showed it to its original designers/builders said it was had been restored I don't think you would get much agreement. The big problem is the attitude of organizations (I won't even call them museums) that they have 'saved' something. They really mean 'if we cannot restore this item then we will make sure nobody else does in case we loose face. Remember they are self seeking egoists trying to attract the approbation of a wider audience by trying to draw attention to something they have done. Collectors on the other hand do what they do for personal satisfaction. They consider unpublicized success reward enough. However if asked by a like minded soul will do as much as they can to help. Regards ? Rod Smallwood ? ? -----Original Message----- From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Tony Duell Sent: 12 August 2012 19:28 To: cctalk at classiccmp.org Subject: Re: To all with interest in IBM 7090 depeneds often. flying Well, if they're preapred to fly an essentially irreplacable aircraft, whioch could be totally destroyed if soemthing fials (of course they do a lot of checks -- they have to by law -- but things can still fail), and since running the aeroplane will casue wear on moving parts (and thus damage the artefact) then IMHO a computer museum has no excvuse whatsover not to run a much more oommon classic computer ,at least from time to time. -tony