Help out a museum?

[Scott Stevens]

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 08:02:58 -0800 (PST)
Vintage Computer Festival <vcf at siconic.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 21 Mar 2005, Erik Klein wrote:
> 
> > I got the following via email a bit ago:
> >
> > ---[ SNIP ]---
> > I'm trying to fill out a display that I am organizing for a local
> > museum. I need the following:
> >
> > Apple I. Apple II, IMSAI 8080, ALTAIR, Mark-8, IBM 5100, HP 9830,
> > Arkay CT-650, Minivac 601, SIMON. (They do not have to be working.)
> >
> > Any help you can give me in acquiring these PCs will be appreciated.
> 
> I spoke to Jim as well, and wished him much luck.  Basically, he got
> his list from here:
> 
> http://www.blinkenlights.com/pc.shtml
> 
> Most of the computers he lists are either impossible to find or were
> never manufactured (i.e. the SIMON and Mark-8 were kits), or are
> beyond the budget of his country museum (Apple-1).  I explained all
> this to him and offered additional assistance, but he went away
> quietly.  That he still might be at it tells me he didn't believe me,
> I suppose.
> 
> Oh well.
> 
> -- 

Perhaps with his 'it doesn't have to be working' comment he could use
some help producing replicas.  If it's an educational museum display, I
mean, and not a collection.