Maybe it was the previous Minister for Science and Technology (Alston) that had something to do with this backward trend in technology. But you know the current government's motto: Forwards to the 1950's!!
Quite right. It IS just a warehouse full of assorted stuff so far. We are negotiating for a good display site right now, and have the ability to put on a good display if we can just get started.
Email me. We have contact with an amateur radio group here in Sydney that have similar goals to us. Perhaps, combined, our weight will be enough to swing funds or government interest something!
The pictures (and the site) are a few years out-of-date, and really were a "trial run" of the website. When we get time (huh!) we will be posting much newer ones in a much better format site.
We already have a good relationship with Powerhouse, but they have different museum goals to us (they are NOT hands-on). UTS has plans for all their space. And I thought our stuff WAS the Wax Museum!
I've seen the Boston Computer Museum - it's very good. But we are aiming smaller to start with, and to be interesting too. Much hands-on stuff, where possible. INCLUDING the original UNIX s/w!
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You are quite right. And we already have good connections to both organisations, even though we have somewhat differing goals.
If we had some support by way of funds, we could indeed build a much more "exciting" website. Stuff like that costs money, dontcha know!
Maybe it was the previous Minister for Science and Technology (Alston) that had something to do with this backward trend in technology. But you know the current government's motto: Forwards to the 1950's!!
Quite right. It IS just a warehouse full of assorted stuff so far. We are negotiating for a good display site right now, and have the ability to put on a good display if we can just get started.
Got it in one!
Oh, you mean NEW stuff! :)
Some of ours are older than ME! Perhaps they might make a great "joke gift"...
Email me. We have contact with an amateur radio group here in Sydney that have similar goals to us. Perhaps, combined, our weight will be enough to swing funds or government interest something!
The pictures (and the site) are a few years out-of-date, and really were a "trial run" of the website. When we get time (huh!) we will be posting much newer ones in a much better format site.
Our aim is to be like Boston, but more hands-on. Much of our stuff still runs!
We already have a good relationship with Powerhouse, but they have different museum goals to us (they are NOT hands-on). UTS has plans for all their space. And I thought our stuff WAS the Wax Museum!
WW2 is "history", yes? Electronic computing started in WW2, yet computers are NOT history? Perhaps that explains where we are coming from!
I've seen the Boston Computer Museum - it's very good. But we are aiming smaller to start with, and to be interesting too. Much hands-on stuff, where possible. INCLUDING the original UNIX s/w!
If YOU have any G4 Macs going spare then you can store them at OUR place! :)
That's EXACTLY what we are trying to do. We want it to be hands-on.
:) :)
486's are among the NEWER stuff we have. We use them to stand on.