[SIGCIS-Members] computer exhibit: request for help

[Debbie]

Do you want advice about setting up a professional display or is this  
a "home brew" project?  (BTW, just because you hire professionals does  
not mean you have to spend a lot of money).

Debbie



Deborah G. Douglas, Ph.D.
Curator of Science and Technology
MIT Museum, N51-209
265 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02139
tel. 617-253-1766 | fac. 617-253-8994 | ddouglas at mit.edu
http://web.mit.edu/museum | http://museum.mit.edu/150



On Nov 18, 2011, at 8:54 PM, David Hemmendinger wrote:

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> help him?
>  David Hemmendinger                           hemmendd at union.edu
>  Professor Emeritus            http://athena.union.edu/~hemmendd
>  Computer Science Dept.                          +1 518 346 4489
>  Union College, Schenectady, NY 12308       FAX: +1 518 388 6789
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>  My department has received a donation of approximately 30 "antique"
>  personal computers and associated paraphernalia , including a TRS80  
> with
>  8 inch floppies, a first generation IBM PC, a T1000 laptop, etc. We
>  plan to display these in the foyer of our building. We are a bunch of
>  computer scientists, however, with no expertise in buying or building
>  display cabinets, securing the displays, etc.
>
>  Does anyone out there is SIGCSE land have experience they care to  
> share
>  with setting up a personal computer museum display?
>
>  Thanks,
>  Stu Hansen
>
>  ********************************************
>  * Stuart Hansen, Chair CS Department
>  * UW-Parkside
>  * (262) 595 - 3395
>    hansen at UWP.EDU
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