The reporter stated that they take all donations instead of having them
scrapped, so I figured they have multiples of the common
computers/servers/mainframes in that area of the world.
50 micro's dont take up much space, 10 mainframes do.
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Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 12:07 PM
Subject: Re: No space for vinatge computers in australia (fwd)
> On Tue, 20 May 2003, TeoZ wrote:
>
> > They should EBAY the duplicates or gut them for spares, that way they
> > wouldnt need the same footprint. For a museium to have many multiples of
the
> > same item is a waste of space (which costs money).
>
> I agree to an extent but I think the reporter doesn't understand computer
> technology. The article only says they have "10 mainframes" and "60
> minicomputers and 50 microcomputers". I suppose if you have an IBM 709
> then you don't really need the Univac? And since the Commodore 64, Apple
> ][ and Atari 800 all use the 6502, 2 of the 3 can go?
>
> I think not ;)
>
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