[NCLUG] [OT] Old "vintage" computers

[Warren Turkal]

You might want to contact the Computer History Museum in Mountain
View, CA, and see if they have any interest.

wt

On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Marcio Luis Teixeira <marciot at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Recently Dave Wild, IT Manager at CollegeAmerica (where NCLUG meets and where I used to meet) contacted me about possibly getting rid of a couple old computers that used to be a part of my "computing museum" there at the college. I picked up a platinum Mac Plus, but the following may be available:
>   1) a beige Mac Plus (not sure whether they were giving this guy away)
>   2) a platinum Mac SE (with internal HD).
>   3) A PowerMac 7500/75
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> Last I checked, these all still work and boot. There is also a functional IBM PS/1 model 2011 computer and a non-functional Tandy TRS-80. If you have an interest in these vintage computers, talk to Dave Wild or Dawn Banks at the college for more information.
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> I've been trying to find homes for this old hardware in various mailing lists, but so far everything has fallen through (mostly because most out-of-towners balk at the prospect of paying to ship these!). I understand they need the space for other things, so I'm doing my best to try and keep these from ending up in a landfill (or worst, in my tiny condo, where a lot of stuff like this tends to end up!)
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> -- Marcio
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