tomjennings

tomjennings, 6 days ago to random

Does anyone have an in at the Computer Museum? I wanna donate this computer I have

https://www.sensitiveresearch.com/Archive/LGP-21/index.html

I'm never gonna make the effort to make it run. It's been in clean storage for 60+ years, I got it from Ed Grothus around 2003 (with the LASL inventory sheet showing it purchased new for 16800$) and has been in our living room since then (it's very pretty).

It hasn't been powered on since decommissioning. It's spotless.

There is probably code still on the RAM platter (rotating physical main memory; offline is papertape) and is likely the only LGP-21 software still existing.

This one is complete, with every accessory available then. Complete set of manuals.

It's gotta go. And it's not gonna go to some VCF type packrat. I did that with my COMPLETE AND WORKING Data General Nova4 with dual vacuum column tape drives (I wrote and compiled a "more" program on it then had a problem with the disc controller and lost inter4est in making it go). He stuffed it in a warehouse with his other megatonnage and probably died of a heart attack and it probably went to landfiill. IT FKN RAN AND COMPILED PROGRAMS. So no more hoarders.

I believe it to be the only complete LGP-21 still existing. There's one in Germany somewhere.

It was made 10 miles from my house (Glendale CA).

OK the museum is a hoarder but that's different.

(BTW, DG's RTOS had horrible Y2K symptoms, lol.)