[rescue] Austin Goodwill Computer museum to shut down?

[Justin Haynes]

http://www.computerculture.org/2012/09/rc-3-relay-computer/


On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Steve Hatle <shatle at nfldinet.com> wrote:

> Yes - in the nekochan threads referenced in that post, there's mention
> of a
> bad midplane at one time. Didn't really follow if it's been
> repaired since
> then or not.
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [rescue] Austin
> Goodwill Computer museum to shut down?
> From: Jonathan Patschke
> Date: Wed,
> March 11, 2015 1:38 pm
> To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
>
>
> That's my
> old machine! I donated it back in 2004, I think.
>
> Unless they've replaced the
> midplane, it is not in running condition. I
> bought it from a university in
> Oklahoma, and they didn't reinstall the
> locking bar on the rear card cage, and
> they shipped it on its back, so
> heavy 4xR10k CPU boards hopped up and down in
> their slots all the way
> down
> I-35. :(
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