Keys resurfaces

[Lee Courtney]

" I'm 70 years old, and if I can't make a go of this, all that equipment
will get recycled or hauled off for scrap or dumped in a landfill.  And all
of that documentation will go with it."

A web page is not the solution to his problem. A new home for his
collection is.

Lee C.

On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 11:27 AM, Tothwolf <tothwolf at concentric.net> wrote:

> 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.
>
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> On Fri, 4 Sep 2015, Al Kossow wrote:
>
> Saw this in AFC
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>> Another water damaged collection heading to the landfill
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>> Subject: Houston (and everywhere else), we have ... an opportunity
>> From: hlctminfo at gmail.com
>> Injection-Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2015 15:37:06 +0000
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> To donate online, go to http://www.hlctm.org/services.htm and click on
>> "Don=
>> ate."
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>> To contact me, send email to hcmjkeys at yahoo dot com.
>>
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>> Once we have something presentable, come visit.  And thanks very much for
>> r=
>> eading this.
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>> John Keys
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