[kwlug-disc] OT: [UWComputerMuseum] A major donation! The Tom Conrad Collection

[CrankyOldBugger]

I'd love to get my hands on an IMSAI 8080..  it'd look great on my
bookshelf...


On Thu, 19 Mar 2026 at 14:30, D. Hugh Redelmeier <hugh at mimosa.com> wrote:

> > From: CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
>
> Very interesting to me.
>
> I didn't know that UofW had a computer museum.
>
> My household only has half the models that were donated :-)
>
> I have a panel from the UofW IBM 1711 (part of the IBM 1710).  I wanted
> the front panel but the university kept it and mounted it high on the wall
> of the Red Room.  Who knows where that would be now.  I see the bottom
> half of it in the top left corner of a picture
> <
> https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-museum/sites/default/files/styles/uw_is_media_x_large/public/uploads/images/redroom.png
> >
> There are three mounted consoles there.  The 1710's is the middle one.
>
> I tried to join the mailing list but get an error page
> <https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-museum/mailing-list>
>
> They seem to be on X but I avoid it.
>
> York University has a computer museum too, but fairly focussed.
> <https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/>
>
>
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