Re:I am no longer attending vintage computer festivals
by cjs on Friday April 12, 2024 @12:36AM
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Well, that's better than all them being pulped. But not that much better, if it's all been split up and sent to private collections. I am pretty sure, knowing Jason Scott, that his intent was that this collection should be available to the public in some way, and not split up and effectively hidden.
However due to poor planning the donation was stored near salt water in a non climate controlled warehouse.
> https://twitter.com/amichlin/status/1778494138138124432
> "Well, it never should have been accepted in the first place. But literally everything was being accepted at the time. Finite space combined with salt water air was the culprit after the original poor planning."
It seems that the donation was split up by allowing others take what they wanted. (no reports on what happened to the rest)
> https://twitter.com/amichlin/status/1778494742742827195
> "And whoever told you they were thrown away was misinformed and not involved. There were cycles over and over again of allowing people to save anything they could carry. So it was split up, but mostly found good (not salt water rich) homes."
Note: Not taking sides - just stating what I read on Twitter/X/Whatever its called these days!