Message: 7 Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 11:00:53 +0200 (CEST) From: Christian Corti <cc at informatik.uni-stuttgart.de> <cc at informatik.uni-stuttgart.de> Subject: Re: Classic computers endangered! To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0910021054350.21422 at linuxserv.home> <Pine.LNX.4.61.0910021054350.21422 at linuxserv.home> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed On Thu, 1 Oct 2009, Richard wrote: And at least the HNF does not restore/run their machines, they don't even display them in a logical manner (and it's Paderborn, not Padaborn ;-)) OTOH our little museum has been collecting/restoring etc. for much over ten years now. And of course, almost everything on display is functional (people don't want to see dead junk, they are much more impressed by a demonstration). Christian There are 'many' private and public museums that not only preserve but keep working vintage computers in their collections. Two important ones come to mind:: 1) The First Computer Museum of Nova Scotia. It has Kenbaks which some consider to be the first microcomputer. 2) The Digibarn Computer Museumlocated a shoet distance outside Silicon Valley. Not only does this museum have an excellent collection of vintage machines but has an excellent web site to boot. There are some interested in vintage computers just as some are interested in vintage cars. The numbers are really not that large, in either domain, as far as this observer can determine. Yet we should do all we can to preserve old computing technology. History will thank us! Murray