> On Oct 17, 2022, at 7:39 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> . . . and there is the point where it crosses over
> from you owning the collection,
> to the collection owning you.
This is a very accurate statement. How many of us have grown to have a
love/hate relationship with our
On 10/18/22 12:21, Anders Nelson via cctalk wrote:
I went to the Large Scale Systems Museum in New Kensington, PA (USA) a few
weeks ago. I've never seen such a large collection outside of the CHM in
Mountain View, CA (USA) but I've also only seen three collections haha.
The LSSM's main area was
I have seen system source both the museum part and the warehouse in the
back. The rhode island.museum and warehouse is probably larger. Not that
system source is not substantial.
Bill
Ohhh yea, you might of visited System Source before the expansion. Did you
see the Cray 1? There is the Cray
I went to the Large Scale Systems Museum in New Kensington, PA (USA) a few
weeks ago. I've never seen such a large collection outside of the CHM in
Mountain View, CA (USA) but I've also only seen three collections haha.
The LSSM's main area was amazing (and most items are operational) but the
I have seen system source both the museum part and the warehouse in the
back. The rhode island.museum and warehouse is probably larger. Not that
system source is not substantial.
Bill
On Tue, Oct 18, 2022, 9:26 AM Ethan O'Toole via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> > I suspect Jim
I suspect Jim Austin has one of the largest collections that's publicly
documented...
https://www.computermuseum.org.uk/
.. but many are very private about what they own
Dave
Indeed! Looking down their list it's quite impressive but I think System
Source has them beat. I don't see a list
> -Original Message-
> From: Ethan O'Toole via cctalk
> Sent: 18 October 2022 06:45
> To: Bill Degnan via cctalk
> Cc: Ethan O'Toole
> Subject: [cctalk] Re: Large private collections
>
> > However you define it, who has the largest private collections? Is
However you define it, who has the largest private collections? Is
there anyone who claims to have the largest private collection? I
hypothesize that there is a terminal size where it becomes
unmanageable.
Bill
Largest one I know of would by System Source in Maryland?
And an awesome one at
On Mon, 17 Oct 2022, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote:
I used to claim "largest privately held collection on the planet" and no
one ever challenged me.
I like to think of it in terms of atoms, because empty space is just a
vacuum.
On that account, I control a tremendous number of atoms.
Sellam
I used to claim "largest privately held collection on the planet" and no
one ever challenged me.
I like to think of it in terms of atoms, because empty space is just a
vacuum.
On that account, I control a tremendous number of atoms.
Sellam
On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 6:31 PM Bill Degnan via cctalk
>I think one of the primary factors is >how much time the collector has to
>dedicate to> their collection.And how much money-Ali
. . . and there is the point where it crosses over
fromyou owning the collection,
to the collection owning you.
On Mon, 17 Oct 2022, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
On Oct 17, 2022, at 6:30 PM, Bill Degnan via cctalk
wrote:
However you define it, who has the largest private collections? Is
On Oct 17, 2022, at 6:30 PM, Bill Degnan via cctalk
wrote:
>
> However you define it, who has the largest private collections? Is
> there anyone who claims to have the largest private collection? I
> hypothesize that there is a terminal size where it becomes
> unmanageable.
> Bill
I’m happy
However you define it, who has the largest private collections? Is
there anyone who claims to have the largest private collection? I
hypothesize that there is a terminal size where it becomes
unmanageable.
Bill
On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 9:17 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk
wrote:
>
> On Mon, 17 Oct
On Mon, 17 Oct 2022, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote:
Who presently has the largest predominantly "vintage computing" collections
in 2022? I sometimes wonder what the cutoff definition is for "very large
collection" ... 1000 individual computers? Or do you judge by square feet
filled?
Well
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