sgolson@pyrite.East.Sun.COM (Steve Golson) (12/23/90)
Would _you_ like to own a piece of computing history? Read on...
The Computer Museum, the world's only museum devoted solely to computing,
offers a unique combination of historic and interactive hands-on exhibits
designed to educate the public about the evolution, workings, applications and
impact of computers. A public non-profit institution since 1982, the Museum
possesses the world's most comprehensive collection of historical computers,
robots and related artifacts.
The Museum is beginning the second half of its 1990/1991 Annual Fund Drive.
The Annual Fund raises money to help support the basic operating costs
necessary to keep the Museum up and running: mortgage, exhibit maintenance,
staff, heat, electricity, etc. Approximately 10% of the Museum's $1.5 million
annual budget comes from Annual Fund donations.
As an Annual Fund contributor you can choose a Museum quality artifact, book,
or poster in appreciation for your support:
Benefactor $2500 and above
All premiums
Honorary Curator $1000 to $2499
Sage module: a 9 vacuum tube, plug module from the SAGE system,
c. 1958 ($100 value)
Donor $500 to $999
A video tape of the 1988 Computer Bowl I, featuring Mitchell Kapor
and Bill Joy ($50 value)
Sponsor $250 to $499
An autographed copy of the book _A Walking Robot_
by Ivan Sutherland ($20 value)
Friend $100 to $249
The Walk-Through Computer poster
illustrated by David Macaulay ($10 value)
In addition to ongoing activities there are special events that your
contributions help to make possible: The Walk-Through Computer, a
one-of-a-kind, two-story model of a working computer, opened this past June to
rave reviews. Also, on April 26, the Museum will host the Third Annual
Computer Bowl, a computer trivia contest between the "best and the brightest"
in the high tech industry from both East and West coasts.
For more info send me email, or send me your postal mail address and I'll
forward it to the Museum, or contact the Museum directly at
The Computer Museum
300 Congress Street
Boston MA 02210
USA
phone 617/426-2800
Steve Golson, Annual Fund Committee
sgolson@east.sun.com
(consultant for, but not employed by, Sun Microsystems)