While I've not yet completely forgiven Mr. Keys for swiping a van load of VAX systems (including a bunch of MicroVAX 3100, 4000/VLC, etc) over a decade ago when I had offered him some wide format printers and large monitors, I'm willing to talk to him and see what can be done if others are also interested in this. On Fri, 4 Sep 2015, Al Kossow wrote: Saw this in AFC > > Another water damaged collection heading to the landfill > > -- > > Subject: Houston (and everywhere else), we have ... an opportunity > From: hlctminfo at gmail.com > Injection-Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2015 15:37:06 +0000 > > My name is John Keys, and I incorporated the Houston Computer Museum in > May= > 2003 as 501(c)(3) non-profit. > > I've been good at collecting things. I've have various PDPs, an HP3000, > SE= > L 810A, SDS 910, and a Cray YMP/EL8. I have an IBM 083 card sorter and > sev= > eral keypunchs (models 024, 026, 029 and 129). I have over 1,200 books > and= > manuals. And those are just a small sample. > > That's the good news. > > The bad news is that it's all in storage, in my home, or in a 3,300 > square-= > foot warehouse. I don't have exhibit space. You might have heard that > it = > rains in Houston; the warehouse has flood damage that needs to be > mitigate= > d. > > I haven't been good at getting the 21st century to work for me, and this > is= > where you come in. I need a functional web page, one that makes it > easier= > for people to donate online. I need a contact email link that works. > > If you can help me get this done, I'd be grateful. > > What's at stake? I'm 70 years old, and if I can't make a go of this, all > t= > hat equipment will get recycled or hauled off for scrap or dumped in a > land= > fill. And all of that documentation will go with it. > > If you can help me with web hosting and web page design, let me know. > Advi= > ce is nice -- I've had lots of it -- but what I really need is people who > c= > an step up and do what I haven't done. I need help in cleaning all these > ar= > tifacts that were damaged by the flood. Contact me by email discuss how > you= > can help. > > If there are enough people out there who care about this stuff, we can do > t= > his. You don't have to live in Houston. You don't have to live on the > Gul= > f Coast. It's even OK if you don't live in Texas. > > > To donate online, go to http://www.hlctm.org/services.htm and click on > "Don= > ate." > > > > To contact me, send email to hcmjkeys at yahoo dot com. > > > Once we have something presentable, come visit. And thanks very much for > r= > eading this. > > > > John Keys > > > > > > > > > > > >

-----Original Message----- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Tothwolf Sent: 04 September 2015 19:28 To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: Keys resurfaces While I've not yet completely forgiven Mr. Keys for swiping a van load of

systems (including a bunch of MicroVAX 3100, 4000/VLC, etc) over a decade ago when I had offered him some wide format printers and large monitors, I'm willing to talk to him and see what can be done if others are also interested in this. On Fri, 4 Sep 2015, Al Kossow wrote: > Saw this in AFC > > Another water damaged collection heading to the landfill > > -- > > Subject: Houston (and everywhere else), we have ... an opportunity > From: hlctminfo at gmail.com > Injection-Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2015 15:37:06 +0000 > > My name is John Keys, and I incorporated the Houston Computer Museum > in May= > 2003 as 501(c)(3) non-profit. > > I've been good at collecting things. I've have various PDPs, an > HP3000, SE= L 810A, SDS 910, and a Cray YMP/EL8. I have an IBM 083 > card sorter and sev= eral keypunchs (models 024, 026, 029 and 129). I > have over 1,200 books and= manuals. And those are just a small sample. > > That's the good news. > > The bad news is that it's all in storage, in my home, or in a 3,300 > square-= foot warehouse. I don't have exhibit space. You might have > heard that it = rains in Houston; the warehouse has flood damage that > needs to be mitigate= d. > > I haven't been good at getting the 21st century to work for me, and > this is= where you come in. I need a functional web page, one that > makes it easier= for people to donate online. I need a contact email

that works. > > If you can help me get this done, I'd be grateful. > > What's at stake? I'm 70 years old, and if I can't make a go of this, > all t= hat equipment will get recycled or hauled off for scrap or > dumped in a land= fill. And all of that documentation will go with it. > > If you can help me with web hosting and web page design, let me know. > Advi= ce is nice -- I've had lots of it -- but what I really need is > people who c= an step up and do what I haven't done. I need help in > cleaning all these ar= tifacts that were damaged by the flood. Contact > me by email discuss how you= can help. > > If there are enough people out there who care about this stuff, we can > do t= his. You don't have to live in Houston. You don't have to live > on the Gul= f Coast. It's even OK if you don't live in Texas. > > > To donate online, go to http://www.hlctm.org/services.htm and click on > "Don= ate." > > > > To contact me, send email to hcmjkeys at yahoo dot com. > > > Once we have something presentable, come visit. And thanks very much > for r= eading this. > > > > John Keys > > > > > > > > > > >

Consider, however, that Keys and the Houston Computer Museum has been sort of a black hole for the past 15 years. I do not know if anyone has really seen any sort of exhibit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWogDZ9weSs If a museum did not materialize when he was 55 or 60, they probably are not going to materialize at 70 or 75. And if the Houston Computer Museum is a proper museum, there will be a clause in the bylaws guiding the disposition of the artifacts to other 501c3 entities.

On 9/4/2015 12:54 PM, Tothwolf wrote: He got a big collection of SDS systems which I helped store the tape drives and printers for. Al was supposed to get the media, but it never got to me to get to Al and back.