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Among my many areas of concern here, I am Curator of Computers.
Yesterday, I received a telephone call from a man who asked what
computers we have on display (none). He asked when we would have
computers on display (not in the next 5 years, at least).
Says I: "What, specifically, are you interested in?"
Says he: "Well, I want to donate some stuff."
Says I: "What?"
Says he: "You know those cards that computers used to use?"
Says I: "Do you mean punchcards?"
Says he: "Yeah . . . You know the things that were punched out of
them?"
Says I: "The holes?"
Says he: "Yes. I would like to donate some--I've got millions of them.
I think that someone could make a creative and meaningful display out
of them."
I allowed as how that probably was something that wouldn't really
interest us (I used them in high school for confetti). It was all I
could do to get the phone hung up before I burst out laughing.
I've been offered a lot of things, but never anything like this.
Have a good day!
Claudia
Curator
Museum Collections Department
Minnesota Historical Society
345 Kellogg Blvd. W.
St. Paul, MN 55102-1906
Tel: 612-297-7442
FAX: 612-297-2967
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
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