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 > > > -- Lee Courtney +1-650-704-3934 cell
