>> I saw a blurb in the newspaper (available at
>> http://www.tcm.org/join_forces.html) that The Computer Museum and The
>> Science Museum in Boston, MA are merging. It says that 'The History
>> Center' of the Computer Museum is now in Mountain View, California and
>> is applying to become a separate institution. Anyway, this shuffling
>> may mean lots of stuff being thrown out or damaged. The Computer Museum
>> may opt to clean out its basement...
>
>OK, so who is close enough to dumpster-dive?
I am... and I think Allison might be interested...
I heard something about this on NPR earlier today... they were talking
about how the purposes of both museums (with regard to computers) are
compatible in that they want to focus on the affect computers have had
on our lives... I take that to mean that they won't be as interested
in the hardware and specific technologies...
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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Received on Thu Apr 15 1999 - 21:03:51 BST