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Wishlist: Items the Computer History Museum is seeking.
The following is a list of items that the Museum is actively seeking for addition to the collection. Please note that the Museum is also accepting items not on this list

Network equipment by: Chipcom ,Cabletron, Synoptics, Bay Networks, 3Com, Wellfleet, Proteon
Acorn Atom home computer
Acorn Archimedes home computer
Acorn Electron
Amstrad CPC-464 home computer
Bell Labs UNIX (any version)
Elektronika-S5-11 microcomputer
Grundy Newbrain personal computer
HP 2216A minicomputer
HP 200A Oscillator (lower case)
HP 9830A calculator
HP 01 wrist instrument
HP Omnibook 300
IBM System 360 (any model)
IBM System 370 (any model)
IBM 650 Magnetic Drum Calculator
IBM 701 Electronic Data Processing Machine
IBM 704 Data Processing System
IBM 709 Data Processing System
Intel Development Systems
IFIPS Proceedings (all issues)
ITT 2020 Europlus (Apple II Plus clone)
NASCOM-1 Z-80 computer kit
Oric 1 home computer
Sega SG-1000 Mark III Master System
Sharp MZ-80K home computer
Tangerine Microtan 65 microcomputer
Tatung Einstein home computer
Whitechapel Computer Works, CG-200 workstation
Whitechapel Computer Works, CG-200
IBM 1311 Disk Storage Drive
Microsoft Windows version 1.0 (in original packaging)
Apple Macintosh operating system version 1.0 (in original packaging)
Electronika BK-0010 personal computer
Dell 316LT laptop
Packard-Bell PC, model VX88
RCA Keyboard Computer
Wang PC350 personal computer
IBM 1800 Data Acquisition and Control System
Wang 2200 word processing system (c. 1970)
Wang 720C scientific calculator (1972)
Wang 144T scientific calculator (1970)
Wang 370 scientific calculator (1969)
Wang 380 scientific calculator (1969)
Wang 600 programmable calculator (1974)
Wang 700 programmable scientific calculator (1969)
Wang C-52 programmable calculator (1973)
NCR 304 business computer system (mainframe class, 1959)
NCR Class 2000 Electric Accounting Machine (1922)
NCR Post-Tronic Accounting Machine (1957)
NCR Class 31, 32, or 33 Accounting Machine w/ typewriter (1950)
NCR Class 3000 Electric Accounting Machine (1929)
NCR 315 general purpose business computer (1960)
NCR 390 low cost computer (1960)
NCR 615 Century computer system (1968)
NCR 7200 key-to-cassette data entry terminal
NCR 8500 Criterion mini/mid computer system
CNC-related materials
Minicomputer & mainframe software 1975 or earlier
Silicon Gulch Gazette newsletter
Homebrew Computer Club newsletter
Digiscents Inc., iSmell internet-enabled olfactory device (2001)
Apple Lisa with Twiggy disk drive (Twiggy disk drive fits 5.25" disks)
Victor 3900 Electronic Calculator
DAT (Digital Audio Tape) Player
The Franklin Institute Computing Center Memos #1-5
IBM Key Punch Type 001 Manual of Instruction (IBM Form 22-3806-0)
nCube supercomputer
nCube 2 supercomputer
Memorex 630 disk drive (1968)
DEC RP01 disk drive with disk pack (1968)
Memorex 660 disk drive (1969)
DEC RP02 disk drive (1969)
DEC RPR02 disk drive with disk pack (1969)
CDC 9760 (SMD) disk drive with disk pack (1973)
STC 8800 disk drive (1975)
DEC RL01 disk drive (1977)
IBM 3370 disk drive (1979)
Shugart SA1000 disk drive (1979)
Fujitsu F6421 disk drive (1981)
HP 97501 disk drive (1985)
Conner CP340A disk drive (1987)
Conner CP344 disk drive (1987)
PrairieTek 220 disk drive (1988)
IBM 681 Redwing disk drive (1990)
Toshiba MK1122FC disk drive (1990)
Seagate Barracuda II disk drive (1997)
IBM 2250 Display Station
IBM 2260 Display Station
IBM 3277 Information Display
IBM 3278 Information Display
IBM 3704 Communications Controller
IBM 3705 Communications Controller
IBM 3720 Communications Controller
IBM 3725 Communications Controller
IBM 3745 Communications Controller
IBM 3746 Nways Multiprotocol Controller
IBM 2596 Card Reader/Punch
IBM 1442 Card Reader/Punch
IBM 3410 Magnetic Tape Subsystem
IBM 129 Card Data Recorder
Any BBN router (IMP, TIP, C/30)
Stanford router
Fuzzball router (LSI-11-based)
BBN Butterfly
Bridge Communications routers
X.25 packet switch and PAD (any mfr.)
Datapac terminal
Telidon (NAPLS) videotext terminal
Prestel/CEPT/ videotex terminal
Cisco "Blue box" router
Cisco TGS, PGS
Cisco CSC-HSCI with HSSI and UltraNet applique
Cisco AGS 1822 interface
Cisco 4000 w/ different NPMs
Cisco 7000 and 7513 chassis
Cisco RP1, SP, SSP, RSP
Cisco AS5100, AS5200 w/ modem cards
Cisco EIP/FEIP, FIP, AIP, MIP, CIP (both B&T and ESCON), POSIP
Cisco Catalyst 1200
Cisco Catalyst 5000 with assorted interfaces
Cisco IGS-BRI, Cisco 1003
National Physical Laboratory (NPL) Reports (U.K.)
Thompson–CSF Themis Microprocessor Evaluation System (France)
Kerbango Internet Radio
IBM 3279 Color Display Station
IBM 3101 ASCII Display Terminal
Thompson TO7 home computer (France)
Computer Consoles, Inc (CCI) 6/32 “Tahoe”
Computers and Automation journal
Dragon Data Dragon 32 home computer
Deutsche Bundespost BTX terminal
IBM MT/ST – Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter
IBM MT/SC – Magnetic Tape Selectric Composer
IBM MC/ST -- Magnetic Card Selectric Typewriter
IBM MC/SC – Magnetic Card Selectric Composer
IBM Memory Typewriter (1974)
IBM ThinkPad Power Series 820/850/860 notebook
"Programming CalComp Electromechanical Plotters" manual
Atari ABAQ/ATW workstation
IBM System/38
HP 2760A optical reader
PARSYTEC supercomputer
Mathematical Tables and Other Aids to Computation 1943-1959
Paracel Genematcher
Data Processing Digest (journal)
Nixdorf Computer systems, software, and documentation pre-1990
Punch card/unit record equipment by Bull, De La Rue Bull, Powers, Powers-Samas, BTM, ICT
Punch card/unit record equipment by Remington Rand, Soemtron, Aritma, SAM, Dehomag, Rheinmetall
Robotron computers
IBM Series/1
April, 1965 issue of Electronics magazine
Atari Stacy computer (1989)
Loewe Integrated-Circuit Vacuum Tubes or similar (c. 1926)
Nintendo Famicom (Japanese Version only) (1983)
Nintendo SuperFamicom (Japanese Version only) (1990)
Nintendo Satellaview (1995)
Panasonic Q (2001)
NEC PC FX (1994)
Gamepark PGP32
The NEC PC Engine (Japanese version only), (1987)
The NEC PC Engine GT (1990)
SNK NeoGeo (1990)
Intellivision PlayCable (1981)


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