18 Jun
2009
18 Jun
'09
9:45 p.m.
Tha was not DEC's way. They tended to keep things or offer them to
educational establishments. I can't imagine a conversation along the lines
of: Q. "Please may we have your PDP-6 to preserve?"
A. " No I want to scrap it"
Its possible that TPL canabilised it for parts to keep other machines going.
Rod Smallwood
I collect and restore old computer equipment with this logo.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Fred Cisin
Sent: 18 June 2009 21:04
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Stanford's PDP-6 ( was Re: Hardware Hobbyists vs.
EmulatorJockeys)
The real point is that the computer museum people knew
of its existence
and
yet failed in their duty to recover and save it after
the DECUS event.
What SHOULD they do when they know of existence of a machine, and the
OWNER of the machine intends to scrap it rather than give it to the
museum?
What do you do?