From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tobyhome@telegraphics.com.au (Toby Thain) Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 00:08:21 +1100 Subject: [pups] Re: History of 32-bit UNIX (was History of 2 BSD) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200BB8A5-1448-11D8-AFC5-000A27AE6AF8@telegraphics.com.au> On 11/11/2003, at 3:01 PM, Dave Horsfall wrote: > On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, Dennis Ritchie wrote: > >>> I believe the Wollongong port predated the one at Bell Labs. Peter >>> Gray tells me he still has the original machine they used, and he'd >>> like to find a museum-like place to keep it. No idea whether it >>> runs. Greg Rose should know a lot more about this matter. Greg, are >>> you out there? >> >> Having the original Wollongong Interdata 7/32 might >> be interesting to the Computer History museum, though >> it might be expensive to transport it across the Pacific. > > Perhaps this would be a better home for it: > > http://www.terrigal.net.au/~acms/museum.htm It would not be a safe home until they have solved their eviction problem (now due for mid-Dec 2003): http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/05/19/1053196515142.html and http://www.terrigal.net.au/~acms/ Given the significance of the machine in question, IMHO it would be safer in care of private individuals until an Australian computer museum is funded - http://www.terrigal.net.au/~acms/ ACMS%20Prospectus%20rec%20on%2005Feb2003.htm Toby