Why a museum?
The museum's purpose is to preserve a little bit of computing history, in the shape of a reconstructed computer room of the late 1980's. The reason is simple - nobody seems to be doing it, and if I didn't do it, there is a good chance many things will be lost.
Who owns it?
My museum is a private museum, and I own the stuff.
Are you a DEC fanatic?
Not really. And not everything in my museum is DEC - there were many companies selling peripherals, media and software for the MicroVAX II, and they deserve a place in the museum.
How professional and accurate is your museum? is it really a museum or just a pile of old computer junk?
All the relevant hardware in my museum is pre-1991, and if it's not - it means I'm still looking for a proper replacement exhibit from that period.
Some later items are from a time when the MicroVAX II was still around - a RRD45 CDROM drive, a SCSI tape drive, and even an Alphastation. I keep them because I'm using them, and they make life a little bit easier.
What are your visiting hours?
By appointment only.
How can I help?
Any help with the running costs of the museum will be much appreciated. The major expense is electricity. You can use paypal, or send me cash, gold bullions, or valuables.
Most of the obvious hardware and literature I already have, and I don't need (and have no space for) your VAX 11/750, PDP11, or TU77 tape drive. If you have any software though, on any media, which would run on the MicroVAX II, I would be very interested in it.
And - I need disk drives. ESDI, MFM or SMD disk drives. Disks are unreliable mechanical devices, the weakest link in trying to keep the museum's computers up and running. The RD53 disk below had its heads ground to fine dust as it span after a violent head crash. Any working disk drive will be much aprreciated.
contact me at: webmaster @ microvax2 (add the dot and org)
