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

[Doug Moen]

I want those IMSAI toggle switches on my next desktop computer. Plus cylindrical knobs that I can turn to adjust monitor brightness and speaker volume.

On Thu, Mar 19, 2026, at 3:48 PM, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
> 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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