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On 2014-03-03, Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm having a tidy out, and have some old manuals and books that I'm
> happy to give away to a good home.
>
> Please email me if interested in anything. Shipping costs will be heavy to
> anywhere outside UK, and even within UK! So I may want contributions
> towards any postage.
>
> Advice on what to do with anything that isn't claimed here gratefully
> received - I'm loath to just throw things in the bin.

Have a word withe Computer Museum at Bletchley Park. I donated all my
old manuals and hardware to them.

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On 2014-03-03, Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
> On 2014-03-03, Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>> I'm having a tidy out, and have some old manuals and books that I'm
>> happy to give away to a good home.
>>
>> Please email me if interested in anything. Shipping costs will be heavy to
>> anywhere outside UK, and even within UK! So I may want contributions
>> towards any postage.
>>
>> Advice on what to do with anything that isn't claimed here gratefully
>> received - I'm loath to just throw things in the bin.
>
> Have a word withe Computer Museum at Bletchley Park. I donated all my
> old manuals and hardware to them.

Thanks for advice, I've just done that.

Jim

On 2014-03-04, Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> wrote:
> On 2014-03-03, Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2014-03-03, Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm having a tidy out, and have some old manuals and books that I'm
>>> happy to give away to a good home.
>>>
>>> Please email me if interested in anything. Shipping costs will be heavy to
>>> anywhere outside UK, and even within UK! So I may want contributions
>>> towards any postage.
>>>
>>> Advice on what to do with anything that isn't claimed here gratefully
>>> received - I'm loath to just throw things in the bin.
>>
>> Have a word withe Computer Museum at Bletchley Park. I donated all my
>> old manuals and hardware to them.
>
> Thanks for advice, I've just done that.

You're welcome. Let us know how you get on.


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On 05/03/2014 09:38, Huge wrote:
>
> You're welcome. Let us know how you get on.
>
>
I tried that, with some stuff of a similar vintage. They weren't interested.

Andy

On Thursday 06 Mar 2014 21:02 in message <ePmdnT2PNpXsf4XOnZ2dnUVZ8h-
dnZ2d@brightview.co.uk>,
Vir Campestris wrote:

> I tried that, with some stuff of a similar vintage. They weren't
> interested.

It /could/ have been because they were already well equipped with copies of
the manuals and hardware items you were offering, rather than simple dis-
interest.  Of course, without knowing what, exactly, was said and by whom,
I'm only guessing.

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"Vir Campestris"  wrote in message
news:ePmdnT2PNpXsf4XOnZ2dnUVZ8h-dnZ2d@brightview.co.uk...
> I tried that, with some stuff of a similar vintage. They weren't
> interested.

They made it clear they were not interested in my old CRT VGA monitors! But
they accepted some valves and Dad's old Taylor valve tester. And a framed
diagram of the takeovers that led to the formation of ICL.

Mike.

>>>>
>>>> I'm having a tidy out, and have some old manuals and books that I'm
>>>> happy to give away to a good home.
>>>>
>>> Have a word withe Computer Museum at Bletchley Park. I donated all my
>>> old manuals and hardware to them.
>>
>> Thanks for advice, I've just done that.
>
> You're welcome. Let us know how you get on.

Had a very polite reply saying that they were not interested. I am not
at all surprized.

Jim

On 2014-03-06, Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm having a tidy out, and have some old manuals and books that I'm
>>>>> happy to give away to a good home.
>>>>>
>>>> Have a word withe Computer Museum at Bletchley Park. I donated all my
>>>> old manuals and hardware to them.
>>>
>>> Thanks for advice, I've just done that.
>>
>> You're welcome. Let us know how you get on.
>
> Had a very polite reply saying that they were not interested.

Oh, well. The skip it is, then.


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"Mistake Not My Current State Of Joshing Gentle Peevishness For The
Awesome And Terrible Majesty Of The Towering Seas Of Ire That Are
Themselves The Milquetoast Shallows Fringing My Vast Oceans Of Wrath"

On 2014-03-06, Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> wrote:
>
> Had a very polite reply saying that they were not interested. I am not
> at all surprized.

I got one of those, then I realised I'd emailed Bletchley Park not the Computer
Museum (which may share a site, but is a separate entity)

TBH I was surprised at the politeness of the response given some of the stories
I've heard about the friction between the two institutions.

I think it depends largely on what you're offering, what they've got space for
and how likely they are to be able to work it into an exhibit.

-Paul
--
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On 2014-03-07, Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
> On 2014-03-06, Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm having a tidy out, and have some old manuals and books that I'm
>>>>>> happy to give away to a good home.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Have a word withe Computer Museum at Bletchley Park. I donated all my
>>>>> old manuals and hardware to them.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for advice, I've just done that.
>>>
>>> You're welcome. Let us know how you get on.
>>
>> Had a very polite reply saying that they were not interested.
>
> Oh, well. The skip it is, then.

Actually someone has seen my post, either here or in the cpm group,
and did what I asked - emailed me. They want all of the books.
So the skip can stay hungry.

On 2014-03-09, Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> wrote:
> On 2014-03-07, Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2014-03-06, Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm having a tidy out, and have some old manuals and books that I'm
>>>>>>> happy to give away to a good home.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Have a word withe Computer Museum at Bletchley Park. I donated all my
>>>>>> old manuals and hardware to them.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for advice, I've just done that.
>>>>
>>>> You're welcome. Let us know how you get on.
>>>
>>> Had a very polite reply saying that they were not interested.
>>
>> Oh, well. The skip it is, then.
>
> Actually someone has seen my post, either here or in the cpm group,
> and did what I asked - emailed me. They want all of the books.
> So the skip can stay hungry.

Excellent news!


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Awesome And Terrible Majesty Of The Towering Seas Of Ire That Are
Themselves The Milquetoast Shallows Fringing My Vast Oceans Of Wrath"