[GreenKeys] Take our Teletypes!

[Bruce Gentry]

I have visited  an electronics museum that gladly accepts appropriate 
donations with the understanding they will be sold to interested 
visitors to help support the museum. The money received is modest, but 
the interest and support it raises in the techie community is 
noteworthy. I know there can be some concerns about this, but the 
goodwill and community support it can gain can not be bought.

      Bruce Gentry  KA2IVY

On 4/3/17 11:33 AM, Paul Wills (CKT&T) wrote:
> At least they are making their surplus items available to others who 
> want them.
>
> I wonder how many museums simply dump things in an out of the way 
> place where they are never seen again because they wouldn't dare deal 
> with anyone who isn't a museum.
>
> Of course, to most museums, the artifacts are "props" used to tell 
> about social history rather than examples of the technology that makes 
> them unique.  Thank goodness for outfits like the Museum of 
> Communication or the Telephone Museum in Ellsworth Maine!
>
> But I agree with Gil.  I would be *very* careful about where I would 
> pass on my collection.
>
> PDW
>
> On 4/3/2017 11:20 AM, Gil Smith wrote:
>> Just goes to show that we cannot ever donate machines to a museum. 
>>  How many times has this happened now?
>>
>> We have our private little collections and pass them down later to 
>> folks who care.
>>
>> gil
>>
>>
>> gil smith, AF7EZ
>> greenkeys moderator
>> gil at baudot.net <mailto:gil at baudot.net>
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>>
>>     -------- Original Message --------
>>     Subject: [GreenKeys] Take our Teletypes!
>>     From: Sarah Autumn <neverether at gmail.com
>>     <mailto:neverether at gmail.com>>
>>     Date: Sun, April 02, 2017 10:03 pm
>>     To: Greenkeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
>>     <mailto:greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>>
>>
>>     All,
>>
>>     We at the Museum of Communications in Seattle are clearing out
>>     some space in our storage area. I went there today, and took
>>     photos of *some* of the machines that are up for grabs. Even if we
>>     get rid of these, we will still have duplicates of mostly 
>> everything.
>>
>>     You can find them here: http://imgur.com/a/fzf4A
>>
>>     Guidelines:
>>
>>     1. If you want em, you gotta come pick them up in Seattle, or
>>     arrange for shipping.
>>     2. Many of these were donated by George Hutchison. *George, if
>>     you're reading this, you get first dibs on all of your machines.*
>>     Come on over with your van, and we'll go out for burgers!
>>     3. They're free, but if you could make a small donation to the
>>     museum, we're a non-profit and we'd really appreciate it!
>>     4. I can not vouch for the working condition of any of these
>>     machines. WYSIWYG :)
>>     5. We'll hang on to these for a month or 2. After that, they're
>>     all going to go to scrap. This makes me really sad, so I hope they
>>     all go to a good home!
>>
>>     With love and admiration,
>>
>>     Sarah Autumn
>>     Panel Witch
>>     Museum of Communications
>>     Seattle, WA
>>     USA
>>     Earth
>>     Milky Way
>>     Virgo Supercluster
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