Oct 11, 2000

The Museum of American Heritage in Palo Alto, California, is looking
for a Standard Xerox machine from the 1950s & '60s.  This was the
first Xerox and each copy had to be hand developed.  It ran at the
breakneck speed of one copy every four minutes.

We can get one from back east but regretfully we can't afford the
$700 shipping, even though the machine was free.  Is there one here
in the S. F. Bay Area that is surplus to your museum?  Maybe we can
work out a trade or something, and then I can run over and pick it up.

Or, if you have one of these and would love to set it up and use it
as a demonstration exhibit, but don't know how to use it, let me
know.  I ran one of these babies for two years (1960-62) and would be
more than glad to teach someone - even by e-mail or phone - how to
get it up and running.  And there's a good chance I can get you the
parts you need, should you need some to get it working.  (It would
make a heck of an exhibit.  You wouldn't believe how many people have
never heard of a Xerox where each copy had to be exposed in a camera
and developed by hand.)

-Jim Lyons
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