Would like to introduce me

From: Lawrence Walker <lgwalker_at_mts.net>
Date: Fri Apr 11 17:42:32 2003

 Glad to see another Canuck on the list. Actually there's
a considerable number of us on the list as well as some
lurkers. I've been acquiring old computers for some years
and was part of a failed endeavor to start a museum in
Toronto. A couple of years ago I retired to central
Manitoba with my considerable collection. I also have an
H/Z 89 needing repair and an H17 but unfortunately no
software or docs. From the sticker on the side I suspect
it was used by the successful canadian Mt. Everest
climb in 1982. Found it outside a church in central T.O.
When I do get to it on my to-do list I might call on you, as
well as the list's emminent Tony Duell of course.
 Possibly one day there might be a repository of stuff from
the considerable contributions made by canadians to
computer history. You might take a look at Poulsson's
Timeline of Computer History which is on the net and
a book I've yet to find, "Knights of the New Technology -
The Inside Story of Canada's Computer Elite, by David
Thomas, 1983.

Lawrence

On 8 Apr 2003, , The Design Fort DTP wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I would like to introduce myself. My name is Herbert and I'm
> running the "First Computer Museum of Nova Scotia Society"
> in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada. I hope to connect
> with other collectors and people interested in vintage
> computers here on that fine list. My special interest lies
> in vintage computers from the 70s and early 80s. My
> collection is constantly growing. I have a vast collection
> of manuals, books, software and other vintage computer
> related stuff. I recently got a great donation of a mint
> Heathkit H89 system, with all the manuals, disks etc. If
> somebody needs scans from those manuals etc. let me know and
> I can see what I can do. I also have a complete set of H8
> manuals (H17 discdrive included).
>
> Of course I'm looking for stuff, too. A copy of a Altair
> 8800 manual, a Imsai 8080 manual and a Commodore PET (with
> the chicklet keys) manual for example.
>
> Greetings to you all
> Herbert


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