AT&T was: Re: IBM paraphernalia [was: something else...]

[David V. Corbin]

Did you see the "Estate" teletype collection on eBay?
 

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>>> [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Lane
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>>> 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).
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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>>> 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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