Old Computer Rescue?

[Vintage Computer Festival]

On Fri, 1 Apr 2005, Brent Hilpert wrote:

> Then a few weeks ago the guys at the radio museum dumpstered several
> late-60s NIXIE electronic calculators and some 70s-era computing stuff
> two days before I had a chance to see it or pick it up. For the sake of
> pleasantness I will forgo list readers my sentiments at the time.

I have to say that any organization that would dumpster equipment that is
out of the scope of their collection without first trying to find another
organization for which it is in scope is run by absolute idiots who do not
understand the basics of historical preservation.

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Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage Computer Festival
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