Austin Goodwill computer works - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

28 Jun 2015

Well, hopefully  things  will end  well and things   will find the highest 
and  best  use.

Ed#  _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)  

In a message dated 6/28/2015 12:04:35 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
scaron at umich.edu writes:

Yeah, I  figured something like this would have happened eventually; running
a  computer museum is pretty far out of Goodwill's charter. That is  what
happens when you give your old stuff to Goodwill; they sell it.  Hopefully
some of the cooler stuff gets back to the original owner, and  there's
always the proverbial "guy with deep pockets" but I would be  disappointed
had I been a donor or volunteer. It's sort of disappointing to  see how the
whole thing was handled.

Best,

Sean

On  Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 3:01 AM, <COURYHOUSE at aol.com> wrote:

...
   maybe  someone  has a  copy on disc
 if  so lets  get it

 thrift shop =  computer museum?
 >???? 

 In a message dated 6/26/2015 11:58:28  P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
 jws at jwsss.com  writes:

 On  6/26/2015 11:46 PM, Pontus Pihlgren  wrote:
  I had a private  conversation with Stephen(who 
started the
 nekochan thread) and he said  that some things  have gone back to
 donors and that they will keep some   select items. The 8/s is one
 of the machines that they are   keeping.

 I get the imprwssion that it's a rather  controlled  an
 responsible shutdown.

 /P  If they are retaining  the PDP 8/S they just dumped the  original history
 of the restoration in  the auction I  posted.  not so good.

 I would be open to  suggestions  that his is not a unique artifact, given
 the  appearance of the  cover.  But that speculation is contradicted  by
 the fact that the  pages are all in individual slip  covers.  Again if the
 8/s went  somewhere this should have  gone with  it.

  http://www.ebay.com/itm/221805321988

 thanks
  Jim