On 19 Mar 98 at 21:47, Pete Joules wrote:
> Found on usenet - I assume that 40 years old makes them on topic ;-)
>
> (Sorry about the delay, message bounced twice because I couldn't type the
> address properly)
>
> On Tue, 17 Mar 1998 15:38:39 -0500, in comp.misc "John H. Lindsay"
> <lindsay-j_at_rmc.ca> wrote:
>
> >I'm in the process of trying to retire, and I have a collection
> >of computer manuals that go back to the I.B.M. 650 and 1620
> >in the mid-late 1950's and run to, say, 10 years ago. This
> >stuff is History, and it shouldn't be thrown out. It needs a
> >good home - a computer archive, library, or museum,
> >Canadian preferred, but if one doesn't materialize, I'll consider
> >other possibilities.
> >
> >Ideas, suggestions or recommendations, anyone ?
> >
> >--
> >John H. Lindsay lindsay-j_at_rmc.ca
> >Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
> >ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA
> >P O BOX 17000 STN FORCES
> >KINGSTON ON K7K 7B4 CANADA
> >
> >Phone: (613) 541-6000--1--6419
> >Fax: (613) 541-6584
>
AAArrrrggggghhhh.
In Canada unless Charlie Fox has his groups project up and running in
Windsor , K. Stumph of Unusual systems in Kitchener-Waterloo was the only
museum project existant , however I believe it has recently closed. See
http://www.sentex.net/~ccmuseum
My feelers on this subject for Toronto have not engendered any response to
present. I will be contacting the above and the Ontario Science Centre in the
light of keeping things like this in the country. Anyone local on the list
interested ?
ciao larry
lwalkerN0spaM_at_interlog.com
Received on Thu Mar 19 1998 - 18:53:24 GMT