[Robotgroup] Collector looking for old computers you don't want/ have room for

[Andre Lamothe]

That's too modern, but if you don't want it, I can put it to use as long as 
its 100% functional.

Basically, we/he is looking for Atari 800's, C64, stuff from the 60's, 70's, 
80's unique "retro" computers basically that have historical significance 
and are getting scarce and need to be preserved before they degrade. An 
Apple I for example, he would love to have, which is something missing from 
his collection OR a PDP1, PDP11 (he has pieces of a PDP1 and has done full 
size models), anyway really important early machines. But, anything that is 
considered retro, he will take and preserve. He has 50+ Apple ][s for 
example. Interestingly, in the past 1-2 years, he has found that the chips 
are finally failing in the machines, he used to be able to grab a Apple, 
C64, Atari 800, but now he has to go thru 3-5 to find one that works, so 
power supplies, chips, memories are degrading finally, its been about 20-25 
years, so we are getting to the point where the machines just won't work 
without parting them from others.

Andre'

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clendon Gibson" <bsandyman at yahoo.com>
To: "The Robot Group Mailing List" <robotgroup at puremagic.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 9:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Robotgroup] Collector looking for old computers you don't 
want/ have room for


> Would a dual pentium server count?
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Andre Lamothe <ceo at nurve.net>
> To: The Robot Group Mailing List <robotgroup at puremagic.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 1:00:18 AM
> Subject: [Robotgroup] Collector looking for old computers you don't want / 
> have room for
>
> If any one has old vintage computers that they don't want to destroy, give
> away, but would like to see them preserved in a collection, so that future
> generations can enjoy them, email and let me know what you have. I may 
> have
> mentioned this, but my friend Sellam Ismail is the owner of the world's
> largest privately held retro computer collection at vintagetech.com /
> vintage.org. He has been collecting for 20 years, has thousands of
> computers, books, magazines, etc. he also runs the vintage computer 
> festival
> each year. His storage is located in a climate controlled livermore
> california warehouse that is 6000-10,000 square feet, but I hold things 
> for
> him here and he picks them up or has it shipped.
>
> Anyway, I noticed a lot of garage sales, and people trying to give stuff
> away to make space. But, if you have any significant machines from the 
> 60's,
> 70's, 80's and would like to see them preserved let me know. For example, 
> a
> local had a Sol20 that he is donating (might even be a RG member), so I
> thought I would put it out there, its a shame to throw these machines away
> or let them turn to dust and rust in humid garages.
>
> Andre'
>
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