Sounds superb. Yes, I have rather a lot of old machines, but many were sold a number of years ago. I actually own two original IBM AT, and a number of other 286s.<br><br>Paul<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 09/12/2007,
<b class="gmail_sendername">Ian Pascoe</b> <<a href="mailto:ianpascoe@btinternet.com">ianpascoe@btinternet.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
This sounds like a really cool place for those who have been dabbling for<br>some time .... I wonder if it would rival Paul's collection?<br><br>E<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>Hi folks,<br><br>I just wanted to give some feedback on the Museum Of Computing
<br>"Challenge Santa" event and some support for Dianne's idea of an Ubuntu<br>Geekathon next year at the museum.<br><br>The event was really interesting, there were a fairly good range of<br>machines laid out with some actually up and running (ranging from a
<br>couple of Spectrum machines up to the Playstation 2 and Gamecube) all<br>running christmas themed games. I actually quite enjoyed one of the<br>games on the Spectrum. Dianne showed me around the back room and I was<br>
amazed at the amount of different machines they had. Anything from the<br>ZX81 up to more recent kit, including some HP and Sun gear. All I could<br>say was that it was a real nostalga trip. Some of the machines I<br>remember from when I was younger (much younger) and other machines I've
<br>only read about in magazines (such as the Enterprise 64 and Memotech 512).<br><br>One of the guys I was talking to there (I think it was Simon?) said that<br>they don't have an original IBM AT or a 286, so if anyone has any such
<br>machines lying around that they don't want I'm sure the museum would<br>quite happily find a home for them.<br><br>While I was there Dianne mentioned about possibly doing an Ubuntu event<br>(from what it sounds like, an install/demonstration day). She said that
<br>they have a big hall which could be used with a projector for<br>demonstrations. I think it would be a great idea. Not only could we<br>demonstrate and install Ubuntu for visitors, we could also have a play<br>with some of the old machines.
<br><br>For those of you who are interested, I'll post some pictures later up on<br>my photobucket account so you can get an idea of what sort of machines<br>they have at the museum.<br><br>I'd also say, if you have any interest in retro machines and you don't
<br>live too far from Swindon (or you're like me, willing to travel - I<br>travelled up from Torquay) then it would be well worth a visit and I<br>guarantee you'd see something and say "I remember that" or "I had one of
<br>those".<br><br>Rob<br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Malvern mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Malvern@mailman.lug.org.uk">Malvern@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br><a href="https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/malvern">
https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/malvern</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Paul Potter