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Mike,<div>Amen to all.</div><div>We need to carefully choose what we restore</div><div>and then put it in service in such a manner that</div><div>our visitors can enjoy seeing it operate and as</div><div>often as possible being the operator.<br><br>How many people have never in their life tuned</div><div>in a live foreign broadcast on a complicated-looking</div><div>shortwave receiver from the 1950’s? They will be able to</div><div>do it at NEWSM. It’s a lot of fun!<br><br>NEWSM.org<div>WPRAACA.com</div><div>IDLENOT.com</div><br><p class="yahoo-quoted-begin" style="font-size: 15px; color: #715FFA; padding-top: 15px; margin-top: 0">On Sunday, December 18, 2022, 9:28 AM, Michael Thompson via Thursday <thursday@newsm.org> wrote:</p><blockquote class="iosymail"><div id="yiv4619318379"><div><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">That is a common discussion in the restoration forums.</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">I refer one school of thought as the Smithsonian. Everything donated is an artifact to be conserved and possibly displayed. Everything is a static display, nothing is interactive. I am not a fan of this philosophy.</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">I think that interacting with an artifact yields a completely different and better experience than just observing. Our visitors always comment that the giant steam engines are really quiet. A static display won’t give that experience. Using an electric motor to turn the engine gives a false sense of the engines behavior. We do a really good job of keeping our steam powered artifacts near original condition and operating the way they were designed. Running them at 1/10 of the normal speed is a safety issue, and our visitors understand that.</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">We made a new cylinder head for the exploded Corliss. You can’t see the new part, and now the engine runs and can be demonstrated. We even kept the original parts so we could restore it to the exploded and nonfunctional condition.</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Our wireless side needs a lot of improvement. Few of the artifacts are demonstrable, and we have way too many things on display. We are working on restorations, but that takes time. Thelissa has some great ideas on improving the wireless displays. That will also take time.</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Ken is restoring a National radio. He is replacing old components with modern ones, but the new components are inside the chassis where you can’t see them. It will look original, and our visitors will be able to interact with it.</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">The board is working on some policies to guide the museum. We should collect everyone’s ideas on preserving and restoring artifacts and write some guidelines for future projects.</div><div id="yiv4619318379yqt92120" class="yiv4619318379yqt5055221074"><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none">On Dec 16, 2022, at 4:54 PM, David Crowell via Thursday <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:thursday@newsm.org" href="mailto:thursday@newsm.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">thursday@newsm.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" class="yiv4619318379ydpf6a820deyahoo-style-wrap"><div></div>
<div dir="ltr">One of the links in the Len's original link has some thoughts to ponder about restoring museum artifacts.</div><div dir="ltr">Read the paragraphs in the section:<span></span><h2>Overcoming the “inherent vice” of Bardeen’s music box</h2><div><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><a shape="rect" href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/transistor-music-box" class="yiv4619318379enhancr_card_2055640379" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">John Bardeen’s Terrific Transistorized Music Box</a></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv4619318379ydpe7648aa3enhancr_card_2055640379" style="max-width:400px;font-family:YahooSans, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" data-url="https://spectrum.ieee.org/transistor-music-box" data-type="YENHANCER" data-size="MEDIUM" class="yiv4619318379ydpe7648aa3yahoo-link-enhancr-card yiv4619318379ydpe7648aa3ymail-preserve-class yiv4619318379ydpe7648aa3ymail-preserve-style"><a shape="rect" href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/transistor-music-box" style="text-decoration-line:none !important;text-decoration-style:solid !important;text-decoration-color:currentcolor !important;color:rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;" class="yiv4619318379ydpe7648aa3yahoo-enhancr-cardlink" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><table style="max-width:400px;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" class="yiv4619318379ydpe7648aa3card-wrapper yiv4619318379ydpe7648aa3yahoo-ignore-table"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="400"><table style="max-width:400px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224, 228, 233);border-radius:2px;" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" class="yiv4619318379ydpe7648aa3card yiv4619318379ydpe7648aa3yahoo-ignore-table"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top" style="background-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;position:relative;border-radius:2px 2px 0px 0px;min-height:175px;" height="175" bgcolor="#000000" background="https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/.NzL4ZrKBar8AX5qDSexsw--~A/Zmk9ZmlsbDt3PTQwMDtoPTIwMDthcHBpZD1pZXh0cmFjdA--/https://spectrum.ieee.org/media-library/a-small-electronic-gadget-encased-in-clear-plastic-has-a-speaker-and-some-buttons.jpg?id=32095829&width=1200&height=600&coordinates=0%2C326%2C0%2C326.cf.jpg" class="yiv4619318379ydpe7648aa3card-primary-image-cell"><table style="width:100%;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" class="yiv4619318379ydpe7648aa3card-overlay-container-table yiv4619318379ydpe7648aa3yahoo-ignore-table"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top" style="background-color:transparent;border-radius:2px 2px 0px 0px;min-height:175px;" bgcolor="transparent" background="https://s.yimg.com/cv/ae/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV21/1/enhancr_gradient-400x175.png" class="yiv4619318379ydpe7648aa3card-overlay-cell"><table style="width:100%;min-height:175px;" height="175" border="0" class="yiv4619318379ydpe7648aa3yahoo-ignore-table"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;padding:15px 0 0 15px;vertical-align:top;" class="yiv4619318379ydpe7648aa3card-richInfo2"></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;padding:15px 15px 0 0;vertical-align:top;" class="yiv4619318379ydpe7648aa3card-actions"><div class="yiv4619318379ydpe7648aa3card-share-container"></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><table align="center" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);background-repeat:repeat;background-attachment:scroll;background-image:none;background-size:auto;position:relative;z-index:2;width:100%;max-width:400px;border-radius:0px 0px 2px 2px;border-top:1px solid rgb(224, 228, 233);" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" class="yiv4619318379ydpe7648aa3card-info yiv4619318379ydpe7648aa3yahoo-ignore-table"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:16px 0 16px 12px;vertical-align:top;border-radius:0 0 0 2px;"></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:middle;padding:12px 24px 16px 12px;width:99%;font-family:YahooSans, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;border-radius:0 0 2px 0;"><h2 style="font-size:14px;line-height:19px;margin:0px 0px 6px;font-family:YahooSans, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(29, 34, 40);max-width:314px;" class="yiv4619318379ydpe7648aa3card-title">John Bardeen’s Terrific Transistorized Music Box</h2><p style="font-size:12px;line-height:16px;margin:0px;color:rgb(151, 158, 168);" class="yiv4619318379ydpe7648aa3card-description">In 1949 an engineer at Bell Labs built three music boxes that could electronically produce five distinct notes. ...</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Dave Crowell<br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div></div><div><br clear="none"></div>
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On Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 06:10:17 PM EST, Len Arzoomanian via Thursday <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:thursday@newsm.org" href="mailto:thursday@newsm.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">thursday@newsm.org</a>> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">Some IEEE articles on the development of the Transistor. I like the fact that the inventors didn’t really understand how the point contact worked. Kind of like how a cats whisker becomes a diode when it touches a galena. It’s all magic!<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Len<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><a shape="rect" href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/special-reports/the-transistor-at-75/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://spectrum.ieee.org/special-reports/the-transistor-at-75/</a><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Sent using the mobile mail app<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">_______________________________________________<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Thursday mailing list<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Thursday@newsm.org" href="mailto:Thursday@newsm.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Thursday@newsm.org</a><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><a shape="rect" href="http://newsm.org/mailman/listinfo/thursday_newsm.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://newsm.org/mailman/listinfo/thursday_newsm.org</a><br clear="none"></div></div>
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