Thank you David, for all the hard work, dedication, and keeping Jon's dream
alive!

I started my career at HP, working on the HP 1000 and know many many former
and current HP employees appreciate this.

Lee Courtney

On Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 1:27 PM David Collins via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

> Those who have an interest in vintage HP computing will most likely know of
> the HP Computer Museum (www.hpmuseum.net). The HP Computer Museum is the
> result of over 30 years of work by Jon Johnston who collected HP equipment
> and documentation and systematically catalogued, photographed and commented
> on almost all of the over 7,000 items in the collection.
>
> After Jon's death in 2016, I kept the museum website going and worked on
> restoring many of the more notable items in the collection to working
> order,
> but the museum has largely been static for the last six years.
>
> Jon's wish was that the collection would eventually find its way either to
> HP or to one of the major computer museums, and I'm pleased to advise that
> the Hewlett Packard Company Archives (HPCA) has agreed to take over the
> entire collection and website.
>
> With only a few exceptions, the museum's entire collection of HP hardware,
> software and manuals has now been shipped from Melbourne, Australia, to
> HPCA's archival company - Heritage Werks Inc, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
> The
> equipment will be catalogued and preserved as a record of HP's early years
> in computing, with the ability for HP offices to borrow equipment for
> display purposes.
>
> The HP Computer Museum website (www.hpmuseum.net <http://www.hpmuseum.net>
> ), which has long been a popular reference resource for enthusiasts and
> industry on HP's computing history, will continue and be maintained by the
> HPCA, through Heritage Werks, with the intent of ensuring ongoing access to
> the wealth of information collected by Jon and many other HP enthusiasts
> over the last 30 years.
> Over the coming weeks and months, the website will be relocated to new
> hosting platforms and the curatorship will transfer to Heritage Werks.
>
> This will bring to a close my role in maintaining Jon's legacy in HP
> computing.  It's been a privilege to be responsible for the collection and
> the website and to see the value they bring to the vintage computing
> community.
>
> David Collins
>
>
>

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