Bruce,
I hadn't heard back from you so I'm resending this in case my
previous message went astray. (01)
At 05:29 AM 11/28/2005, Philip Gust wrote:
>Bruce,
>
>I'm working with a group a volunteers at the Computer History Museum
>on a project to preserve Doug Engelbart's NLS/Augment system. Ken
>Harrenstien is also working on the project, and mentioned your
>name. We're making some great progress on the software
>side. Working with Doug, Ken, and Rayleen Pak, Jonathan Cheyer has
>a complete clone of Augment running on Ken's emulator. We also have
>the Augterm and VAT terminal emulators working.
>
>Although this started out as a software project, we recently started
>getting offers of Augment hardware, such as the original
>lineprocessor, a DM2500, and a chord keyset and mouse. We've come
>to realize that preserving the hardware associated with Augment is
>just as important as the software. In fact, we're intrigued by the
>possibility of bring up a full hardware version of Augment in
>addition to the current emulation.
>
>Ken told me that you may still have the SRI-NIC DEC-20, and that you
>had contacted Dag Spicer at CHM about donating it at one point. Did
>you ever do that, and if not do you still have it? If so, we'd like
>to make sure it goes to the museum if you're still willing to donate
>it. Please let me know, and I'll work with you to expedite the
>process and transport it over there. Do you have any other Augment
>related hardware, software, or documentation?
>
>Best regards,
>
>
>Philip Gust
>Nouveau Systems, Inc.
>
>phone: +1 650 961-7992
>fax: +1 520 843-7217
>
>
>mailto: gust@NouveauSystems.com (02)
Philip Gust
Nouveau Systems, Inc. (03)
phone: +1 650 961-7992
fax: +1 520 843-7217 (04)
mailto: gust@NouveauSystems.com (05)
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