<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title></head><body><div>I want those IMSAI toggle switches on my next desktop computer. Plus cylindrical knobs that I can turn to adjust monitor brightness and speaker volume.</div><div><br></div><div>On Thu, Mar 19, 2026, at 3:48 PM, CrankyOldBugger wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt" style=""><div dir="ltr"><div>I'd love to get my hands on an IMSAI 8080.. it'd look great on my bookshelf...</div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div class="qt-gmail_quote qt-gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="qt-gmail_attr">On Thu, 19 Mar 2026 at 14:30, D. Hugh Redelmeier <<a href="mailto:hugh@mimosa.com">hugh@mimosa.com</a>> wrote:</div><blockquote class="qt-gmail_quote" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex;"><div>> From: CrankyOldBugger <<a href="mailto:crankyoldbugger@gmail.com" target="_blank">crankyoldbugger@gmail.com</a>></div><div> <br></div><div> Very interesting to me.</div><div> <br></div><div> I didn't know that UofW had a computer museum.</div><div> <br></div><div> My household only has half the models that were donated :-)</div><div> <br></div><div> I have a panel from the UofW IBM 1711 (part of the IBM 1710). I wanted </div><div> the front panel but the university kept it and mounted it high on the wall </div><div> of the Red Room. Who knows where that would be now. I see the bottom </div><div> half of it in the top left corner of a picture</div><div> <<a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-museum/sites/default/files/styles/uw_is_media_x_large/public/uploads/images/redroom.png" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-museum/sites/default/files/styles/uw_is_media_x_large/public/uploads/images/redroom.png</a>></div><div> There are three mounted consoles there. The 1710's is the middle one.</div><div> <br></div><div> I tried to join the mailing list but get an error page</div><div> <<a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-museum/mailing-list" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-museum/mailing-list</a>></div><div> <br></div><div> They seem to be on X but I avoid it.</div><div> <br></div><div> York University has a computer museum too, but fairly focussed.</div><div> <<a href="https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/</a>></div><div> <br></div><div> <br></div><div> _______________________________________________</div><div> kwlug-disc mailing list</div><div> To unsubscribe, send an email to <a href="mailto:kwlug-disc-leave@kwlug.org" target="_blank">kwlug-disc-leave@kwlug.org</a></div><div> with the subject "unsubscribe", or email</div><div> <a href="mailto:kwlug-disc-owner@kwlug.org" target="_blank">kwlug-disc-owner@kwlug.org</a> to contact a human being.</div></blockquote></div><div>_______________________________________________</div><div>kwlug-disc mailing list</div><div>To unsubscribe, send an email to <a href="mailto:kwlug-disc-leave@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc-leave@kwlug.org</a></div><div>with the subject "unsubscribe", or email</div><div><a href="mailto:kwlug-disc-owner@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc-owner@kwlug.org</a> to contact a human being.</div><div><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div></body></html>