Saw this in AFC Another water damaged collection heading to the landfill
-- Subject: Houston (and everywhere else), we have ... an opportunity From: hlctmi...@gmail.com Injection-Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2015 15:37:06 +0000 My name is John Keys, and I incorporated the Houston Computer Museum in May= 2003 as 501(c)(3) non-profit. I've been good at collecting things. I've have various PDPs, an HP3000, SE= L 810A, SDS 910, and a Cray YMP/EL8. I have an IBM 083 card sorter and sev= eral keypunchs (models 024, 026, 029 and 129). I have over 1,200 books and= manuals. And those are just a small sample. That's the good news. The bad news is that it's all in storage, in my home, or in a 3,300 square-= foot warehouse. I don't have exhibit space. You might have heard that it = rains in Houston; the warehouse has flood damage that needs to be mitigate= d. I haven't been good at getting the 21st century to work for me, and this is= where you come in. I need a functional web page, one that makes it easier= for people to donate online. I need a contact email link that works. If you can help me get this done, I'd be grateful. What's at stake? I'm 70 years old, and if I can't make a go of this, all t= hat equipment will get recycled or hauled off for scrap or dumped in a land= fill. And all of that documentation will go with it. If you can help me with web hosting and web page design, let me know. Advi= ce is nice -- I've had lots of it -- but what I really need is people who c= an step up and do what I haven't done. I need help in cleaning all these ar= tifacts that were damaged by the flood. Contact me by email discuss how you= can help. If there are enough people out there who care about this stuff, we can do t= his. You don't have to live in Houston. You don't have to live on the Gul= f Coast. It's even OK if you don't live in Texas. To donate online, go to http://www.hlctm.org/services.htm and click on "Don= ate." To contact me, send email to hcmjkeys at yahoo dot com. Once we have something presentable, come visit. And thanks very much for r= eading this. John Keys