[pups] ACMS (Australian 'puter museum) doomed? - TUHS

11 Nov 2003

Ow, c'mon.  In *australia*, how hard can it be to find or make 
space for that priceless collection?  Geez!

Given the nearly-complete collection of DEC systems, HP-Oz should
be deeply ashamed if they don't pitch in, along with other vendors
and local support techs.

We can't expect all companies to maintain a collection that reflects
their history (for tech-practical reasons alone), but we *should* be
able to expect them to help others who do it "for" them...

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  -----Original Message-----
 From: Toby Thain [mailto:tobyhome@telegraphics.com.au]
 Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 2:08 PM
 To: Dave Horsfall
 Cc: pups(a)minnie.tuhs.org
 Subject: Re: [pups] Re: History of 32-bit UNIX (was History of 2 BSD)

 On 11/11/2003, at 3:01 PM, Dave Horsfall wrote:

  On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, Dennis Ritchie wrote:

>> I believe the Wollongong port predated the one at Bell   Labs.  Peter
 >> Gray tells me he still has the original
machine they   used, and he'd
 >> like to find a museum-like place to keep
it.  No idea whether it
>> runs.  Greg Rose should know a lot more about this   matter.  Greg, are
    you out there? 
 Having the original Wollongong Interdata 7/32 might
 be interesting to the Computer History museum, though
 it might be expensive to transport it across the Pacific. 
 Perhaps this would be a better home for it:

 http://www.terrigal.net.au/~acms/museum.htm  
 It would not be a safe home until they have solved their eviction  
 problem (now due for mid-Dec 2003):
 http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/05/19/1053196515142.html
 and http://www.terrigal.net.au/~acms/

 Given the significance of the machine in question, IMHO it would be  
 safer in care of private individuals until an Australian computer  
 museum is funded -
 http://www.terrigal.net.au/~acms/ 
 ACMS%20Prospectus%20rec%20on%2005Feb2003.htm

 Toby

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