Re: LSSM - Large IBM haul

2018-09-07 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Anders Nelson > Their latest comments on Facebook mention they're about halfway there. Yeah, but I was wanting to know how things had gone since that posting (although I haven't looked to see if there's any update). As of last night, they'd made significant progress past what was

Re: LSSM - Large IBM haul

2018-09-05 Thread Anders Nelson via cctalk
Their latest comments on Facebook mention they're about halfway there. I just signed up for a service that reduces my lunch cost in NYC so I'll send them something. I'm hoping if I throw in $100 maybe enough others will follow. $8k to ship 8k pounds seems like a good deal, good on them! =] -- Ande

Re: LSSM - Large IBM haul

2018-09-05 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Anders Nelson > https://www.facebook.com/503408869821526/posts/1084448565050884/ This is an incredibly cool thing, and my hat is off to the LSSM for undertaking this. How's the fund-raising going? If money is still needed, I'll head off to Paypal and send a goodly chunk.

LSSM - Large IBM haul

2018-09-04 Thread Anders Nelson via cctalk
Hi all, In case others haven't seen this, the Large Scale Systems Museum has been given an opportunity to acquire a "near-mint" condition IBM System/370 and ES/9000 collection that has been maintained by a former field service tech since new: https://www.facebook.com/503408869821526/posts/1084448