Classic computers endangered!

[Richard]

In article <4AC46593.7000103 at philpem.me.uk>,
    Philip Pemberton <classiccmp at philpem.me.uk>  writes:

> Murray McCullough wrote:
> > I read an article today in 'New Scientist' entitled 'Innovation: Classic
> > computers on the danger list' with Tom Simonite writing: "Pretty much every
> > adult alive today has seen computers change the world, but we are doing
> > precious little to celebrate the influence of the computers and software
> > that created our society." Indeed! Are we failing to preserve the earliest
> > part of microcomputing history? Will classiccmp.org discuss early ucomputer
s
> > in 5 yrs., 10 yrs.?
> 
> Here's a link to (what appears to be) the article in question:
> <http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17805-innovation-classic-computers-on-
the-danger-list.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=tech>

Well, this part is just plain uninfomed:

	"Science museums around the world have long collected computing
	kit. But there are only three institutions actively growing
	collections of outdated computers and restoring them to working
	order: the UK's National Museum of Computing (NMOC) at Bletchley
	Park; the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley; and the Heinz
	Nixdorf MuseumsForum (HNF) in Padaborn, Germany."

Only three?  I can name a half-dozen more off the top of my head
without even googling.

Speaking of which, I need to visit that museum in Montana before it
gets too cold.
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