its nice seeing phillips getting some love its some interesting history
On Fri, Sep 30, 2022 at 12:54 PM Peter Corlett via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Sun, Sep 25, 2022 at 10:39:46AM -0500, Adrian Stoness via cctalk wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 25, 2022 at 10:26 AM Tony Duell via cctalk < > > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> Does anyone have a Philips P2000C CP/M luggable with the carrying strap? > >> I will be restoring such a machine in the near-ish future and mine is > >> lacking the strap. Clear photos of the end fittings that slot into the > >> machine, the dimensions of them, etc would be a great help in making > >> something up. > > > get ahold of the phillips radio museum in holland they might have photos? > > they have some of the computers on display > > Note that there are (at least) _two_ Philips museums: the "Stichting tot > Behoud van Historische Philips Producten" (Foundation for the Preservation > of Historic Philips Products) and the Philips Museum. Their websites are > https://www.sbhp.nl/ and https://www.philips-museum.com/. Both are in > Eindhoven, as is much of the interesting bits of Philips itself. > > The former appears to be volunteer collectors of mainly analogue-era > Philips > gear and I can almost smell the chain-smoked roll-ups just from the photos, > whereas the latter looks rather more corporate. > > (I am occasionally contacted by Philips' recruiters trying to lure me to > work at some nasty industrial park near Eindhoven airport. There is usually > tumbleweed after I point out the seven hour commute and ask if they've > considered remote-working.) > > I only note this because I have Weekend Vrij and a Museumkaart, and my > random spin for where to visit this weekend landed on Eindhoven and thence > to the Philips Museum, which reminded me of this thread. Unfortunatly, SBHP > is closed at weekends (and doesn't accept Museumkaart, but I could have > probably scraped together the €4 entry fee) which is a shame as it looks by > far the more interesting of the two. If I spot a P2000C and remember, I'll > try and get a photo although I doubt they'll let me dig it out of the > cabinet and go over it with my micrometer... > > It may also be worth reaching out to the HomeComputerMuseum (sic) in > Helmond > (https://www.homecomputermuseum.nl/) who are quite friendly and have a > well-curated collection, including quite a lot of Philips gear. It's not > directly relevant to this query, but they have a very impressive collection > of CD-i machines, hardware prototypes, and media. They have a P2000C, which > is on display for the public to use, and a suitable donation would probably > get all the photos and measurements you want: > https://www.homecomputermuseum.nl/en/collectie/philips/philips-p2000c/ > > As a last resort, there's the Bonami Games and Computers Museum in Zwolle > (https://computermuseum.nl/) although it's basically just a huge barn > with a > load of random stuff piled in it and poor labelling, so I'd try them last: > I > took some lovely atmospheric pictures of 60s and 70s Big Iron when I > visited, but have no idea what half of it is. I suspect they don't know > either. > >
