Did you see the "Estate" teletype collection on eBay?
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: cctalk-bounces_at_classiccmp.org
>>> [mailto:cctalk-bounces_at_classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Lane
>>> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 4:43 PM
>>> To: news_at_computercollector.com; General Discussion:
>>> On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
>>> Subject: Re: AT&T was: Re: IBM paraphernalia [was:
>>> something else...]
>>>
>>> On 06-Feb-05 at 13:19 Computer Collector Newsletter wrote:
>>>
>>> >>>>>> There will eventually be people wishing we'd saved
>>> all the weird
>>> >>>>>> IBM
>>> >stuff.
>>> >
>>> >> Arno Kletzander
>>> >> Stud. Hilfskraft Informatik Sammlung Erlangen ---
>>> >www.iser.uni-erlangen.de
>>> >
>>> >Hmmm... now that AT&T is being acquired by SBC, does anyone have
>>> >thoughts on what parts of their phone/computer gear is
>>> worth collecting
>>> >before it's too late?
>>>
>>> It's not truly classic computing, but I've been
>>> collecting Bell System parts, pieces, and tools for years.
>>> Heck, I still have a full-blown 1A2 key telephone system
>>> operating here at the house.
>>>
>>> Perhaps collection efforts should be expanded to
>>> include such things, for those so inclined to the world of
>>> pre-breakup Bell System technology? After all, the Bell
>>> System used an awful lot of Teletype machines in the early
>>> days of data communications.
>>>
>>> Maybe old phone collectors and computer collectors have
>>> more in common than once thought.
>>>
>>> Keep the peace(es).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>>> Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy, Blue Feather
>>> Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com kyrrin (at)
>>> bluefeathertech do/t c=o=m "If Salvador Dali had owned a
>>> computer, would it have been equipped with surreal ports?"
>>>
>>>
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