Will someone re-post the information on the upcoming
digital workshop.

--- ed sharpe <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I agree on the importance of  items having local
> relevance.
> (whoops think I forgot that item on the list of
> items I mentioned before)
>
> For example, there is a picture of the  "young"  CEO
> Ed Sharpe  standing
> next to the hp-2000 time share system on the front
> page of  www.smecc.org.
> many people remember this computer from Maricopa
> Community College district
> before  Computer Exchange inc. acquired it as
> surplus.
>
> also click on the black and white picture below it
> to see a view of it in
> the computer room.  ( from the Computer Exchange
> Inc. days..)
>
> Then there is a secondary group of people that
> remember using it to buy time
> on  when it was at Computer Exchange inc.
>
> Then of course a dear thing to me as it  was our
> very first computer that
> launched our efforts in the world of HP, so has lots
> of  memories for me as
> well.
>
> Another interesting  part of another timeshare
> system got saved also. It was
> an HP 2116 that was the heart of the old Phoenix
> Union High School timeshare
> system, of note was that Phoenix Union High School
> District was the first
> High School to  have such a time share system in the
> state of Arizona.
>
> This processor later became the I/O processor when
> PUHSD upgraded the system
> to eventually a 2000/F Hp time share system.   Glad
> it was saved as it gets
> admiration from many of it's old student friends
> that later went out into
> industry and accomplished  things of note.
>
> The big horror story though is that the  washing
> machine sized disk drive of
> the MCCD 2000/F system some how became lost  when
> the computer business
> closed  operations eons ago... anyone have a HP 2883
> 500 lb> disk drive in
> the basement? <grin>
>
> Of course there are many things we are looking to
> add to the computer
> displays here and would always love to hear about
> any one else's surplus
> items they need to clear out of storage.
>
> Thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC
>
> Please check our web site at
>  http://www.smecc.org
> to see other engineering fields, communications and
> computation stuff we
> buy, and by all means  when in Arizona drop in and
> see us.
>
> address:
>
>  coury house / smecc
> 5802 w palmaire ave
> glendale az 85301
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nicholson/Salzberg" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 8:45 PM
> Subject: Re: Question re. computers & contemporary
> collecting
>
>
> > The fact of the matter is that the rate at which
> technology is changing is
> > precisely the thing you should be considering as
> you decide what to
> collect.
> >
> > I was curator responsible for technology
> collections at two museums, and
> in
> > the end, I settled on the idea that I would
> document the technology that
> was
> > important to MY geographic area.  If there were
> hardware businesses in my
> > state, then we would look at collecting
> significant pieces.  I know that
> > there are museums that are making it their
> business to deal with
> technology.
> > They are better equipped to do it than most
> run-of-the-mill museums.
> >
> > I also question the value of static technology
> pieces.  I'm not sure that,
> > with the possible exception of the gigantic
> room-size and supercomputers
> of
> > the past, a single pc sitting silently in a museum
> exhibit says much.  And
> > I'm not sure the extent to which we can fire up
> all of these babies in a
> > gallery space.
> >
> > Go back to your mission, and then collect
> accordingly.
> >
> > Good luck!
> >
> > Claudia Nicholson
> > former Curator-of-Everything-Else
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kevin MacLean" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 5:33 PM
> > Subject: Question re. computers & contemporary
> collecting
> >
> >
> > > Our institution is soliciting advice in order to
> decide what course of
> > > action it should take with regard to
> accessioning future technology
> > > collections.
> > >
> > > Past (pre- '97) curatorial thinking was that the
> our facility should
> limit
> > > technology collecting due to the rate at which
> it evolves and its
> > potential
> > > to dominate shrinking storage space. Existing
> thought, however, is that
> > > technology, predominately computers, have an
> important place in our
> > cultural
> > > collections.  In addition, technologies are
> valued only as long as they
> > > cutting edge, which was yesterday, with the
> result that objects (eg.
> game
> > > systems) are quickly disposed of in favour of
> the faster, more
> impressive
> > > ones.  The question is where do we draw the
> line?
> > >
> > > What is the viewpoint of your facility re.
> contemporary collecting?  Do
> > you
> > > have a cut-off date re. contemporary collecting
> and how would you
> approach
> > > the processing of a large computer collection?
> Do you have a policy
> > solely
> > > related to collecting the technologies which
> have dominated the last 25
> > > years.
> > >
> > > Good luck answering.  Kevin
> > >
> > >
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