I got a reply from one Max Burbank who said only this - "While the Computer
Museum has closed, We have incorporated some of it's exhibits and it's
mission into our own. For all the details, Follow this link; " and he gave a
link to the Computer Section of the Boston MOS, which ultimately came up
with nowt to say what had happened. Here's the link:
http://www.mos.org/tcm/tcm.html
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Honniball [mailto:John.Honniball_at_uwe.ac.uk]
> Sent: 25 July 2000 16:13
> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: RE: Vintage prices dropping on eBay?
>
>
>
> On Tue, 25 Jul 2000 15:25:36 +0100 Adrian Graham
> <agraham_at_ccat.co.uk> wrote:
> > Not any more - the Boston Computer Museum closed in July
> '99 and some of it
> > was 'merged' with the Science Museum.
>
> Indeed so.
>
> > I only found out when I went to the
> > Children's Museum, which was next to the Computer Museum.....most
> > disappointed I was.
>
> Fortunately, I found out just before my visit to Boston in
> September 1999.
>
> > I mailed them afterwards asking what had happened
> > and all they could say was the collection still exists.
> > Helpful, that.
>
> Hasn't it been shipped to California? The Computer Museum
> History Centre? Moffat Field? Or am I getting confused?
>
> --
> John Honniball
> Email: John.Honniball_at_uwe.ac.uk
> University of the West of England
>
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