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| − | I'd like to [[Contact|hear from you]] if you | + | I'd like to [[Contact|hear from you]] if you have obsolete computer related material that you are willing to donate. Things that you would otherwise throw away but maybe feel bad about it |
| − | + | However, consider that: | |
* it should be old such that it's entirely obsolete and worthless for regular use, typically that means about 10 years. | * it should be old such that it's entirely obsolete and worthless for regular use, typically that means about 10 years. | ||
* the older the better, 1990's is OK but it's starts to get really interested in the 1980's. Ofcourse, the 1970's would be fantastic (I hardly got any equipment actually manufactured in that era). | * the older the better, 1990's is OK but it's starts to get really interested in the 1980's. Ofcourse, the 1970's would be fantastic (I hardly got any equipment actually manufactured in that era). | ||
| − | * the more uncommon, the better ( | + | * the more uncommon, the better (an 1990's SGI workstation is more interesting than an 1980's AT PC). |
* the cost for me is the room it takes for storage, so big things need better arguments to be maintained. | * the cost for me is the room it takes for storage, so big things need better arguments to be maintained. | ||
| − | * it | + | * it doesn't have to be in working condition, the looks are more important (I can replace a broken RAM chip by a different looking one but I can't replace a yellowed or scratched case). Also, if you don't know if it's in working condition, don't power it on unless you know what you're doing, the power supply may be flaky and damage the rest! |
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| + | In principle, I don't buy items, neither will I sell anything for money. Almost all pieces of the museum were donated over the last 20 years and I like to keep it that way. I prefer not to contribute to the collectors madness that I see happening over the last decade. If you feel your item has collectors value and you want money for it, no problem, go ahead and sell it on ebay or so. But if you just want it to be preserved and get a new life you're more than welcome to donate it. I promise that I will never sell it or trow it out without your permission and will preserve it to the best of my capabilities. You can follow it's fate on this site. | ||
== Need anything ? == | == Need anything ? == | ||
Feel free to ask me if you want to recover your personal data from a 20 year old commodore formatted floppy disc, read the programs off cassette tapes you wrote 30 years ago on your TRS-80 or are in desperate need of a boot diskette to bring your classic Mac back to life. | Feel free to ask me if you want to recover your personal data from a 20 year old commodore formatted floppy disc, read the programs off cassette tapes you wrote 30 years ago on your TRS-80 or are in desperate need of a boot diskette to bring your classic Mac back to life. | ||
Revision as of 22:53, 4 September 2011
Exposition
Visit the museum, located in Antwerp, Belgium.
Collection
1976 MEK6800D2
1977 Apple II
1979 HP 250
1980 TRS-80 Model III
Items by vendor:
- Apple
- Atari
- Casio FX-750P
- Commodore
- DEC PRO 350 (PDP-11)
- Hewlett-Packard
- IBM PC XT
- IBM PC AT
- Motorola MEK6800D2 Evaluation Kit II
- Schneider Joyce
- Siemens-Nixdorf Scenic 4L
- Tandy
- Toshiba T3200
- 3Com Audrey
Components:
Projects
- A Steering Wheel built in the old days.
- The Transfer PC has utilities to bridge the gap between various vintage computers and the modern internet world.
- The Logic Analyser allows to debug TTL circuits at moderate speed.
Wanted
I'd like to hear from you if you have obsolete computer related material that you are willing to donate. Things that you would otherwise throw away but maybe feel bad about it
However, consider that:
- it should be old such that it's entirely obsolete and worthless for regular use, typically that means about 10 years.
- the older the better, 1990's is OK but it's starts to get really interested in the 1980's. Ofcourse, the 1970's would be fantastic (I hardly got any equipment actually manufactured in that era).
- the more uncommon, the better (an 1990's SGI workstation is more interesting than an 1980's AT PC).
- the cost for me is the room it takes for storage, so big things need better arguments to be maintained.
- it doesn't have to be in working condition, the looks are more important (I can replace a broken RAM chip by a different looking one but I can't replace a yellowed or scratched case). Also, if you don't know if it's in working condition, don't power it on unless you know what you're doing, the power supply may be flaky and damage the rest!
In principle, I don't buy items, neither will I sell anything for money. Almost all pieces of the museum were donated over the last 20 years and I like to keep it that way. I prefer not to contribute to the collectors madness that I see happening over the last decade. If you feel your item has collectors value and you want money for it, no problem, go ahead and sell it on ebay or so. But if you just want it to be preserved and get a new life you're more than welcome to donate it. I promise that I will never sell it or trow it out without your permission and will preserve it to the best of my capabilities. You can follow it's fate on this site.
Need anything ?
Feel free to ask me if you want to recover your personal data from a 20 year old commodore formatted floppy disc, read the programs off cassette tapes you wrote 30 years ago on your TRS-80 or are in desperate need of a boot diskette to bring your classic Mac back to life.
