Austrailian Computer Museum call for help

From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf_at_siconic.com>
Date: Fri May 28 21:06:45 2004

Just got this:

1. Expressions Of Interest =+= DISPERSAL of Computer Museum Collection.
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The Australian COMPUTER MUSEUM Society Inc has been actively collecting
local artefacts for the past ten years. It now has amassed a collection
that has been estimated at nearly 50,000 individual items.

The ACMS has recently had to relocate from its sponsored stored space at
Kennards at Homebush and cannot afford to pay the commercial rents required
for the 1,000 square metres that the artefacts occupy.

The ACMS collection consists mainly of electronic computing items with
associated media, software and documentation, plus a lot of ancillary
equipment related to office automation and communications.

Expressions of interest are being sought from any Regional Museum or
similar organisation who could store and/or display any of our duplicated
items. Most of these would be from the 1970s and 1980s and are all systems
that were in use in Australia. A typical set up would be a mainframe or
mini-computer style system (with flashing lights on the front), storage
devices (such as disk and/or tape drives), printers and visual display
units; as would have been used for corporate record keeping and business
management.

Smaller systems that might have been used for word-processing in a small
professional office are also available. Some specialised scientific,
engineering and medical application systems are also available.

The ACMS is not in a position to pay for freight to distant locations (but
other grants may be available for such purposes); however we may be able to
assist with historical notes and possible contacts with users.

Any assistance with sourcing space for our repository would also be highly
appreciated.

Enquiries to:
        John GEREMIN, Collections Officer, ACMS Inc,
        geremin _at_ iprimus . com . au

Initial Responses to:
        John GEREMIN, Treasurer, ACMS Inc,
        p. o. box s - 5,
        HOMEBUSH SOUTH, nsw, 2140.
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2. Appeal for HELP =+=+= Computer Museum REPOSITORY space needed.
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The Australian COMPUTER MUSEUM Society Inc has been actively collecting
local artefacts for the past ten years. It now has amassed a collection
that has been estimated at nearly 50,000 individual items, in line with its
objectives of being the primary source of materials re the impacts of the
computer industry for future historians and sociologists.

The ACMS has recently had to relocate from its sponsored space at Kennards
at Homebush and cannot afford to pay the commercial rents required for the
1,000+ square metres that the artefacts now occupy.

The ACMS collection consists mainly of electronic computing items with
associated media, software and documentation, plus a lot of ancillary
equipment related to office automation and communications.

We are looking to share storage space with other organisations - any size
will be considered - from 50 square metres upwards. Main requirements are
that it is relatively clean and dry (we have lived with broken windows and
a leaking roof in the past).

Any assistance with sourcing possible display spaces for our ever-growing
collection would also be highly appreciated.

Enquiries to:
        John GEREMIN, Collections Officer, ACMS Inc,
        geremin _at_ iprimus . com . au

Initial Responses to:
        John GEREMIN, Treasurer, ACMS Inc,
        p. o. box s - 5,
        HOMEBUSH SOUTH, nsw, 2140.
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