[vcf-midatlantic] Our new toys :)
Bill Sudbrink
wh.sudbrink at verizon.net
Wed Mar 16 14:06:20 EDT 2016
Evan Koblentz wrote:
> It's an original.
>
> A recycling company, in the same area as where our UNIVAC came from,
> just happened to have all the same parts that ours is missing. That
> makes me very angry, because it probably means someone took the parts
> before we got to it and then flipped them for money. Further, when we
> approached the recycler with our story -- we're a museum, blah blah
> blah
> -- they basically said, "Tough (bleep), you want it, you pay our retail
> price for it." We told them NO and figured we could probably get a
> reproduction. Later, Corey L. took it upon himself to buy the faceplate
> so he could donate it to us. :) Now our Univac won't have an identity
> crisis every time it looks in the mirror.
Arg. Well, thanks for the story. Is there a list somewhere of
what they have for sale/what "ours" needs?
Bill S.
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