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<td>Re: BBC LV-ROM player</td>
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<td>Sat, 25 Feb 2017 10:58:45 +0000</td>
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<td>Donations <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:donations_team@tnmoc.org"><donations_team@tnmoc.org></a></td>
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<pre>Hello Lyndon and Roland,
Thank you for thinking of The National Museum of Computing for your
donation.
I have contacted our Acorn/BBC Curator and I'm afraid we have to decline
your very kind offer. As always storage space (at any museum) is at a
premium and our inventory is sufficient for this item. Certainly
sufficient enough to exclude any need to ship such an item over such a
large distance and it is not standard Museum policy to finance delivery.
I would normally suggest other museums you might try but I'm afraid I
don't know of the situation in Australia. Over here we have The Centre
for Computing History (Cambridge) and The Museum of Computing (Swindon)
Thank you again for considering us and please feel free to contact us
again if you have anything else you might like to offer in the future.
yours sincerely
Oliver Harlow
TNMOC Donations Team - Volunteer
PS. Please ignore/delete any further automated responses you may get and
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On 2017-02-21 12:38, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:oxinabox@ucc.asn.au">oxinabox@ucc.asn.au</a> wrote:
> Hello,
> We have been going through some of our possessions,
> looking to clear space.
>
> We came across a BBC LV-ROM player.
> It seems to work.
> We can plug it in, and the lights work.
> It can change from replay to play,
> and the ejection mechanism is functional.
> We thus suggest that it may well be in perfect working order.
> However, we have not attempted to connect it to any kind of output
> device.
> Because we do not have any compatible displays on hand.
>
> We also do not possess a remote for it, nor any media.
>
>
> It came to our attention from an alumni,
> that your museum has a room dedicated to such a device.
>
> As such, we would like to inquire if you would be interested in
> receiving it.
> It would be a small feat to transport it from our location in Perth,
> Western Australia; but not completely infeasible.
> If you were able to cover the costs of such transit, we would happily
> arrange it at our end.
>
> Kind Regards
> Lyndon White & Roland Kerr
> The University Computer Club
> The University of Western Australia
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