Re: disposition of largest private DEC collection in USA

From: patrick jankowiak (eccm_at_swbell.net)
Date: 01/25/05 

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 02:28:49 GMT

John Smith wrote:

> patrick jankowiak wrote:
>
>>Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>I have wanted to start a computer museum here at the University
>>>for a long time. I figured if I could get commitments from a
>>>few corporations for operating funds I could probably convince
>>>the University to give me the necessary space. But I really
>>>don't know how to go about finding corporate sponsers. :-(
>>>My idea is to have a real hands on facility where people can
>>>come in and actually play with the equipment. I would also
>>>make as much of it as I could available on the INTERNET with
>>>guest accounts. But, I'm probably just dreaming again.
>>>
>>>bill
>>>
>>
>>Bill,
>>
>>I wish we could do this. There's a hell of a datacenter here just
>> waiting to be unzipped. It's what we wanted.. (makes me want to
>>listen to "all we ever wanted" by Bauhaus) Man I am trying to keep a
>>good mindset but this step is getting me down. It has to be done
>>though.
>
>
>
> Maybe there's an unused hanger at Davis Monthan AFB (the "Boneyard") in
> Arizona that the collection can be housed in :-) or Area 51 ;-)
>
> Or maybe Hollywood would want them to use in a sci-fi movie.....sort of like
> the scene in 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' where Flight 19's planes
> emerge out of the swirling sandstorm.....
>
>
We know what hollywood would do to them. :(

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