an Australian Computer Museum warehouse; their lease is up and they have to get rid of their "inventory". A video walkthrough tour, matey! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK4M8dv4NNU Herb Johnson -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey in the USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net
I keep hearing conflicting information about that situation. U.S. law says if a non-profit closes, they must give their assets to another non-profit. VCF was on the receiving end of that situation when the Unisys Blue Bell Retirees Group closed a year or two ago. We received their artifacts and remaining funds. On Fri, Aug 3, 2018, 11:55 AM Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
an Australian Computer Museum warehouse; their lease is up and they have to get rid of their "inventory". A video walkthrough tour, matey!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK4M8dv4NNU
Herb Johnson
-- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey in the USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net
On one of the other mail list the story went like this: Losing warehouse, come and get it. Then the board heard about that, put a stop to it but not before the warehouse was cherry-picked. What they wanted was for the items to be giving and returned to the museum. The remains of the warehouse are being moved into containers. Since I'm not involved in this story it's a friend of a friend of a friend heard. -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry@linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies
That's a very painful video to watch... some pretty unique stuff going to pot.
-----Original Message----- From: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vcfed.org> On Behalf Of Neil Cherry via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Friday, August 03, 2018 12:22 PM To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> Cc: Neil Cherry <ncherry@linuxha.com> Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Australian vintage computer warehouse
On one of the other mail list the story went like this:
Losing warehouse, come and get it. Then the board heard about that, put a stop to it but not before the warehouse was cherry-picked. What they wanted was for the items to be giving and returned to the museum. The remains of the warehouse are being moved into containers.
Since I'm not involved in this story it's a friend of a friend of a friend heard.
-- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry@linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies
To me, the video gives a glimpse into vintage computing items in Australia. My general impression is that there's much less v-c items there than in the USA, they are/were less organized as groups, etc. I did not have time to watch the entire video. To Neil, Evan: The story of that Australian warehouse and the owners of the content, is likely complicated. It's likely Australian laws may be different, and the terms of the leased space may be a factor. Glenn: "painful video...unique stuff going to pot". Well, you know, I try not to judge. Any number of people worked to donate/sell/buy and warehouse that stuff. Somehow the space was paid for or donated. The alternative would likely have been to scrap many of those items. Current vintage computing owners owe their collections to circumstances like these. And many people see *our own* collections as junk, whatever condition they are in. Glen, there were some items in distress, but go figure, y'know? "Repair parts", "rarity". So I understand the reaction, but I would not "bite the hand that feeds us", "look a gift horse in the mouth", etc. Herb -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey in the USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net preserve, recover, restore 1970's computing email: hjohnson AT retrotechnology DOT com or try later herbjohnson AT retrotechnology DOT info
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