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  From: Bryan Wetton <bryan@wetton.net>
  To  : Linux SA <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 14:51:37 +1030

Aust Post and Telegraph Museum

-----Original Message-----

>Was that the one on King William Street? .

I spent many happy lunch times in there after I started to play with
electronics. i worked over the road at the Lands Dept - 1966-1977


Regards
Bryan Wetton
Adelaide SA
Family History at http://www.box.net.au/~bryanw/ 'A Southerner from the
North'
Blue Steel Trials 1958-1965  at http://bluesteel.cjb.net



-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Garner [mailto:alex@netcraft.com.au]
Sent: Friday, 29 December 2000 4:54 PM
To: David Drury
Cc: Linux SA
Subject: Re: Computer Museum


> I'd be curious to know what demmand there is for such a beast in
> Adelaide. There was (for instance) at one stage a Telecommunications
> museum in Adelaide. It is currently in storage, and has been for
> over 10 years. I believe one reason for closing it was lack of
> patronage.

Was that the one on King William Street? If it is I have been trying
to find out what happened to that for about 5 years now. They used to
have an old "speaking clock", (you know the 'at the third stroke'
job). It is the most amazing thing to watch this huge mechanical box
with cogs, servos and bits of audio tape, chugging out the time.

I'd love to see it again.

Cheers

Alex!

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NetCraft Australia
Phone (08) 8338 0888
http://www.netcraft.com.au

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