Date: 2/11/2026 20:10:35
From: Spiny Norman
ID: 2444735
Subject: re: Spiny's thread of occasional interest

ChrispenEvan said:


Spiny Norman said:

I dropped off my old System-80 at the University of Queensland a few hours ago for them to add to their museum/display of older technology. The chap was very pleased to see and and they’ll be shuffling things around to fit it in soon.
And I was most pleased as well to see it go to a good home!

While I was there he showed me a pretty special letter they have locked away.

Yep, that’s rather cool indeed.

How interested would they be in this item? All there, floppys, circuit board, literature, original box, unused.


Nah he said you were a bit of a wanker.

But seriously …. :D
Not sure. The museum had many & very varied gadgets in it – not just computers – but there seemed to be very few accessories like that. I can give you his email address if you like. Facepalm messaging might be best for that.

Oh, and I also saw the famous pitch drop experiment. I’ll come back in about ten years to see how it’s going.

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