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1940 Air Terminal Museum Begins Liquidation

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Re: 1940 Air Terminal Museum Begins Liquidation

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The rack in this image appears to house a Texas Instruments minicomputer of some model, not sure exactly which. 980 maybe? Might be fun to play with, but not for $20K. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e52f79c0260e6... Note the 8" floppy disk drives also.

Even if it was free, it sounds like it’s going to cost more than that to move and house these things

At the minimum you’d need a telehandler or forklift capable of lifting 20,000 lbs (according to the listing) which is probably $1,500 for one day with delivery and pickup, a flatbed semi trailer to load it on, and labor to load it. If the equipment isn’t on skids you can lift with a forklift, then you need riggers and a crane truck. Either way sounds fairly expensive, and that’s without having a place to move it to.

Re: 1940 Air Terminal Museum Begins Liquidation

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The rack in this image appears to house a Texas Instruments minicomputer of some model, not sure exactly which. 980 maybe? Might be fun to play with, but not for $20K. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e52f79c0260e6... Note the 8" floppy disk drives also.

do you think it still runs?

Re: 1940 Air Terminal Museum Begins Liquidation

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I believe that if we all collectively lowball them, they will drop the price to be lower than $20k. It is unfortunate to see any museum close. I hope their assessment from the Texas Historical Commission succeeds!

that's seriously not the issue. if you look at the those pictures of the 737 frame - this is very large system which hasn't operated for many years and is largely just a pile of components at this point. it would probably be easier to rebuild the control system from scratch than try to bring it back to life. this would probably take a team of pretty serious people many years to get functional.

Everyone needs a hobby.
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