Hi Donated a (small) amount. I know, from experience with, Update Computer Club) knows what no cooling and big computers can be like :) Will you keep us updated on progress? Good Luck, Pontus On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 06:56:49PM -0400, Mike Loewen via cctalk wrote: > > https://www.mact.io/ > > Hi folks! We've been away from Facebook for awhile, but we've been > staying busy here. Now that things are starting to get back to normal from > the disruption of Covid19, we're doing tours again, and we're getting our > volunteer work days rolling again, restoring more and more vintage systems > for you to enjoy. > > However, we're in a bit of a pickle, and we need your help. Our main > floor air conditioning system has died, and is beyond repair. It's a > 40-year-old power hungry system anyway, so it really just needs to be > replaced. We have a quote in-hand from a local, reputable A/C contractor > for a brand new, ultra-efficient system, and we're trying to raise funds > for it, about $8500. We're already about halfway there from recent private > donations. If we're unable to get the rest of the way there, we'll have no > choice but to close for the summer. > > As an all-volunteer, donation-funded nonprofit educational organization, > we depend on your support to keep doing what we do. Please help us if you > can. We accept donations via PayPal to donations at mact.io, or via > check/money order made out to Museum of Applied Computer Technology, mailed > to the museum at 924 4th Avenue, New Kensington, PA 15068. > > Any overage will be put toward our utility bills and other operating > expenses. LSSM/MACT is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. > > Thank you, > -Dave McGuire > President/Curator, LSSM/MACT