Computer Museum of America Acquires Collection from Living Computers Museum and Estate of Paul G. Allen - Computer Museum of America % <https://www.computermuseumofamerica.org/news/computer-museum-of-america-acquires-collection-from-living-computers-museum-and-estate-of-paul-g-allen/>
On Sun, Sep 15, 2024 at 8:26 AM Adam Thornton via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > > was reading 16million was raised and going to charity or something?? > and > > > that the rest got bought by another museum > > > > > > > > > https://www.geekwire.com/2024/paul-allen-estate-sells-remaining-living-computers-artifacts-and-systems-to-museum-near-atlanta/?fbclid=IwY2xjawFQd4pleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHZ4m-gu6GjWv35Z7DYzXzTr6N2kKjposlvBibVA928kg1YEsU_JMSN6jNQ_aem_9GK4dxV5ur5VnqqcGMLm9g > > > > Oh, it's the CMoA? That's actually really really good news. > > The last time I was in Atlanta, before my parents moved out here > (so...2019?), I had a couple hours to kill on my way to visit a high school > friend. So I went there, wandered around, and left their Atari on the > Easter Egg screen in Adventure. > > One of the staff noticed that, talked to me for a bit, and asked me to wait > while he phoned up Lonnie Mimms (the founder) and asked him to come in and > meet me. We talked for a good hour, and it was great. I would describe > what he's done there as what I would have liked to have done if I had come > from a family business of real-estate-developer money, rather than (not > that I'm complaining) IT consultant/sysadmin/software-developer money. > The CMoA was not as hands-on as LCM, but it did have some working machines > you could play with. > > Whatever Lonnie got his hands on from the LCM is unlikely to be sold for > the metal value. Five years ago, anyway, he seemed serious and his > restoration work looked pretty legit. > > Adam > -- Lee Courtney +1-650-704-3934 cell
