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

[Fred N. van Kempen]

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...



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Toby Thain [mailto:tobyhome at telegraphics.com.au]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 2:08 PM
> To: Dave Horsfall
> Cc: pups at 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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