13 Jan
2005
13 Jan
'05
4:24 p.m.
"The museum will be closed to the public beginning January 15, 2005
due to a lack of funding. We regret any inconvenience this may cause.
For further information or to help financially, call David Weil
at (619) 464-8220 or email dweil(a)computer-museum.org"quot;.
http://www.computer-museum.org
This also included the North American Datacomm Dept., http://www.nadcomm.com/ ,
as run by Greenkeys member Don House:
"The museum is closing tomorrrow. I got the call about an hour ago.
The college is no longer able to fund it. David is looking for
someone to take over funding and provide a new location in the
San Diego area. Anyone with some connections, for God's sake help us.
I am very depressed."
- John
13 Jan
13 Jan
4:36 p.m.
I just left a voicemail for David. As soon as he gets back to me, I'll post an
update.
- Evan
--- John Foust <jfoust(a)threedee.com> wrote:
"The museum will be closed to the public beginning January 15, 2005
due to a lack of funding. We regret any inconvenience this may cause.
For further information or to help financially, call David Weil
at (619) 464-8220 or email dweil(a)computer-museum.org"quot;.
http://www.computer-museum.org
This also included the North American Datacomm Dept., http://www.nadcomm.com/
,
as run by Greenkeys member Don House:
"The museum is closing tomorrrow. I got the call about an hour ago.
The college is no longer able to fund it. David is looking for
someone to take over funding and provide a new location in the
San Diego area. Anyone with some connections, for God's sake help us.
I am very depressed."
- John
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5:52 p.m.
--- John Foust <jfoust(a)threedee.com> wrote:
> "The museum will be closed to the public
beginning January 15, 2005
> due to a lack of funding. We regret any inconvenience this may cause.
> For further information or to help financially, call David Weil
> at (619) 464-8220 or email dweil(a)computer-museum.org"quot;.
I hate to drool over the corpse, but they've allegedly got LGP-21
paper tapes and such "somewhere in the warehouse", no time or
resources to locate it...
This would be the only extant copy of LGP-21 software in the
world. I would really like a copy (emphasis on copy). Any ideas?
Seems rude to ask David about this at this point.
14 Jan
14 Jan
5:07 a.m.
On Thu, 13 Jan 2005, Tom Jennings wrote:
The message does not say the museum is closing and disbanding, but only
closing to the general public. This would imply to me that, at least for
a short while, they are still allowing researchers. Unless, of course,
they worded the announcement improperly, because the latter part of the
message certainly does imply they are in distress.
At any rate, I would suggest you contact David and ask him if it'd be
possible to access the tapes. Don't ask it in such a way that implies
you're afraid it's now or never. Just say you're interested in getting it
for research purposes (which is true).
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--- John Foust
<jfoust(a)threedee.com> wrote:
> "The museum will be closed to the public
beginning January 15, 2005
> due to a lack of funding. We regret any inconvenience this may cause.
> For further information or to help financially, call David Weil
> at (619) 464-8220 or email dweil(a)computer-museum.org"quot;.
I hate to drool over the corpse, but they've allegedly got LGP-21
paper tapes and such "somewhere in the warehouse", no time or
resources to locate it...
This would be the only extant copy of LGP-21 software in the
world. I would really like a copy (emphasis on copy). Any ideas?
Seems rude to ask David about this at this point. 
7:08 a.m.
Tom wrote:
I hate to drool over the corpse, but they've
allegedly got LGP-21
paper tapes and such "somewhere in the warehouse", no time or
resources to locate it...
This would be the only extant copy of LGP-21 software in the
world. I would really like a copy (emphasis on copy). Any ideas?
The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA has an LGP-21 which
is a candidate for the next restoration project after the PDP-1 is
completed. I do not know whether CHM has any LGP-21 software, but we
would certainly like to get copies of anything that can be found.
I'm willing to drive to San Diego with a reader/punch if need be.
Eric
6:25 a.m.
Touched base with David this morning, will have that update tonight.
- Evan
--- Computer Collector Newsletter <news(a)computercollector.com> wrote:
I just left a voicemail for David. As soon as he gets
back to me, I'll post
an
update.
- Evan
--- John Foust <jfoust(a)threedee.com> wrote:
"The museum will be closed to the public beginning January 15, 2005
due to a lack of funding. We regret any inconvenience this may cause.
For further information or to help financially, call David Weil
at (619) 464-8220 or email dweil(a)computer-museum.org"quot;.
http://www.computer-museum.org
This also included the North American Datacomm Dept.,
http://www.nadcomm.com/
,
as run by Greenkeys member Don House:
"The museum is closing tomorrrow. I got the call about an hour ago.
The college is no longer able to fund it. David is looking for
someone to take over funding and provide a new location in the
San Diego area. Anyone with some connections, for God's sake help us.
I am very depressed."
- John
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