On Thu, 1 Feb 2024 at 09:37, Paul Koning via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> > > > On Jan 31, 2024, at 7:16 PM, Bill Degnan via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > The Enter museum in Switzerland has a nice library of docs. I found that > > museum to be chock full of interesting German and other computers. Worth > > the trip. > > Bill > > Is any of that online? > > One frustrating thing about various museums is that they have stuff, but > you can't access it. For example, I know a museum with a collection of > 1950s software on punched tape, but they refuse access to it for reading > it. > Generally I have found that access to special collections is conditional on having credentials that the museum is willing to accept. In that case I can imagine that the museum might be willing to allow inspection, perhaps supervised, but that they would not be willing to allow their media to be run through a punched tape reader because they were concerned about the possibility for damage. Did you talk to them about the possibility of some sort of optical scanning? -Henry
