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.
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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.

