Helping Out, the Wish List and Tell us Stuff!

Read about why the DigiBarn project exists and get in touch through our web form or by telephone or join our mailing list, and read our past newsletters. Volunteer to contribute oral histories (your own or interview someone you know) for DigiBarn Radio or DigiBarn TV. Feel free to exchange links with us or offer a donation as we are missing some key artifacts, and you can help fill the gaps in our collection. We need financial support to improve the infrastructure of the barn and volunteers to sort out and organize the collection, do web updates and scanning. Please contact us if you might have resources or time to support this project. Lastly, please contribute to our Guestbook!

The Wish List
We are missing some key artifacts, can you help "fill the gaps" in our collection?

We are seeking donations of systems, documentation, software, videos, and interviews with YOU about them. We also need help in procuring cyber-exhibit content. Lastly, if you know how to get old computers working, we need your help for various restoration projects here at the Digibarn. Lots of great folks are already working with the DigiBarn and we would love to have you on our team. If interested, please feel free to contact me, curator and drum beater Bruce Damer, to discuss literally anything.

Systems we are still seeking for the collections include:

High Priority

• Apple 1 (single board computer, cassette interface)
• Apple Lisa 1 with Twiggly (5 1/4 inch) floppies (or just the face plate for the Lisa 1) and working early model Apple Lisa 2 or Lisa with Mac/XL
• Any low serial number or other prototype system of any model and brand (Apple, Commodore, Atari, IBM etc etc)
• Connection Machine CM-2 or CM-1 (all we have is one chip!)
• Kenbak-1
• Scelbi Mark 8
• Sigma Laserview (L-View) card and/or Wyse-700 and card monitor for high resolution display of our Elixir Software
• S-100 or "home brew" systems of all kinds
• TV Typewriter by Don Lancaster
• Videotape or Audio recordings of people, products (early on pre-1985 unless well known people).
• Xerox Alto, Dorado, Dicentra, Daisy or other early Xerox workstations (don't have to be working) or other Xerox artifacts
• Rare documents including Home Brew Computer Club newsletters, early Byte magazines, Computer Notes from MITS, People's Computer Company and more.

Patiently Waiting

• Stories, writing, peronal histories, photos, videos, audio, scans of articles, ads etc etc etc.
• Acorn systems (various sought, we have an electron already)
• Altair systems, parts, including the 8800, 8800b, 860, Moncolan Attache S-100, etc
• Apple Pippin
• Apple prototype systems of any kind
• Apple Macintosh Clones or Tempest systems or prototypes/aftermarket OEM modifications
• BASIC on paper tape and other early Homebrew media
• Calculators of all kinds but especially early/rare types from the 1970s (MITS etc)
• Columbia Data Products MPC 1600-1 (we already have the luggable version)
• Commodore PET 200 and CBM models (we have the Pet 2001 but could always use better examples)
• Compaq Portable (early, low serial number)
• Compucolor equipment/software
• Cosmac system including the VIP (we already have an Elf)
• Cromemco systems such as the Z1, Z2, System 0 (except for the System 3 and C-10 which we already have)
• Dutch computers including the Tulip
• Eagle PCs including the Eagle IIe and IV (we have one Eagle here already)
• GEOS software for various platforms (we have only the Apple IIe version)
• GRiD systems (various models, looking for GRiDCases for example)
• Heathkit H89, H8 and earlier kits
• Hewlett-Packard systems, especially early personal computers (1970s)
• Hyperion systems (from Canada)
• IBM Portable Computer, model 5100 or 5110, from 1975-6 and software (especially running APL)
• IBM XT early complete model or prototype
• IMS (Industrial Micro Systems) S-100 with dual 8 inch drives from 1978-82 time frame (Curator worked on this one!)
• Imlacs (anything)
• Intel 4004 or 8008 systems
• Intel MDS-80 and other Intel development systems such as intellec
• Intertec Superbrain
• Interact game system
• Japanese models of all kinds
• Kenbak-1 / CTI
• Lasers and various other Apple II clones (excluding the Franklin Ace 1000 which we already have)
• Magnavox Odessey game system
• Mark 8 Minicomputer
• Mice, pens, trackballs: early ones from 60s-70s.
• Micral - various models sought
• Micromega Micro M16
• Microsoft MSX or other specialized and rare game systems
• Momenta Pentop or any Momenta device
• Morrow Designs PCs including the Z-80 model
• NeXT Cube (original early version, with working MO drive)
• Ohio Scientific Challengers except original 1, 2P and 4 which we have
• Olivetti computer systems (various older models are sought, not including the ATT PC 6300 which we have)
• Osborne I (early, dark brown case) and Osborne II and rare Osborne ENCORE and VIXEN
• PERQ (Three RIvers or ICL) working
• PONG originals (1972 and later consoles)
• Renderman board or other early 3D/computer graphics prototype hardware
• Rockwell microcomputer systems including the AIM 65
• Sage micros
• SCELBI 8H or SCELBI 8B
• Seattle Computer Products (SCP) DOS for our SCP Gazelle
• SGI workstations (early models) and SGI O2
• Sinclairs of all types including Spectrum (except Timex/Sinclair 1000 and ZX-81 which we have already)
• Software running under Microsoft Windows 1.x or 286
• Sord M70 and other models
• Soviet/Russian/Ukranian computers
• Sphere: any Sphere systems whatsoever
• Sun-1 board or Sun-1 or other early Sun workstations
• Superbrain
• SWTP (South West Technical Products) Systems (except for the 6800 and S/09 which we have now)
• Symbolics workstations (early)
• UK computers including the Oric and Amstrad and Torch
• Vector Graphics machines
• Videotext systems including the Canadian Teledon system and UK Prestel
• VisiOn and VisiCalc from VisiCorp
• Wyse PC or Wyse-700 monitor (with 1280 by 800 resolution board)
  
  
• do you have a suggestion of something you think we need? Contact us!

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