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The Interim Computer Museum

Here is the July 2025 report!

We are open 10-4pm Saturdays, Sundays & Mondays at 998 Industry Drive, Tukwila, WA 98188
to all members by appointment at https://icm.museum

The building has been repainted and the tar/gravel roof has been resealed.  Please
note that we will be closed Saturday and Sunday August 2nd and 3rd as the parking lot will
be resurfaced over the weekend.  We will be open on Monday August 4th 10-4pm.

For the latest on exhibits, preservation and restorations, please be sure to check out
the BLOG at https://icm.museum/blog

Upcoming Events:

Aug 1st & 2nd    Come see us at the Vintage Computer Festival West in the Computer 
                 History Museum,  Mountainview California - https://vcfed.org
                 We'll be displaying and demonstrating access to our 26 remote systems

Sep 13th & 14th  Come see us at the Vintage Computer Festival MW at the Schaumburg, IL
                 convention center - https://vcfed.org
                 We'll be displaying remote systems and status on the PDP-10 KI10 restoration.
                 Thank you to Gary Solomon and Jim Mazurek for this!

Oct 2nd:         Join us at the Interim Computer Museum from 4:30pm to 8pm for a member
                 preview of our NEW 1400 sqft mainframe and mini computer gallery.  On
                 display we'll have the PDP-7, PDP-12, PDP-10 KA10, KI10 and KL10,
                 Thinking Machines CM2, IBM 1620 MK I, IBM 029 keypunch, IBM 082 card sorter,
                 MissPiggy (PDP-11/70) various Teletypes, telegraphy and much more

                 To attend, please RSVP now by booking at https://booking.sdf.org
                 You can select the time you'd like to arrive and stay as long as you'd like.

Oct 3rd & 4th:   Interim Computer Festival Fall 2025  (registration is now OPEN)
                 Two days of Vintage Computing Fun - https://sdf.org/icf
                 We will be at the INTRASPACE events room, Old Rainier Brewery in SODO.

Oct 17th-19th:   Come see us at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo at the Oregon Convention Center.
                 We're featuring early video games from the 1960s-1980s including Spacewar!
                 Tennis 4 Two, Colossal Cave Adventure, CHEKMO-II CHESS, Vectrex, Atari TANK ][
                 and many others.  Thanks to Rob Schmuck and Josh Dersch for helping with this!
 
Nov 28th:        Joint exhibit with https://zkm.de to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the
                 Thinking Machines: Connection Machine.  The CM2 at ICM will be on display 
                 beginning in October and we will announce a specific time coordinated with
                 ZKM, but it will be over the holiday weekend.  Special thanks to Danny Hillis
                 and the Amara foundation for supporting this!
              
                 Teaser video by Tamiko Thiel:  Thinking Machines: Connection Machine

================
July 2025 Report
================
New members:             23 for a total of 302 members
Membership conversions:   0
New Sponsorships:         7
Cancellations:            0
Total New/Renewals:      58 for the month (up 62.86% from June)

Attendance           Jan      Feb      Mar      Apr      May     Jun     Jul     YTD
----------------------------------------------------------------------------   -----
In person:             0        4        9        0       29      44      39     125
Volunteer Hours:      36       42       72        0      180     402     166     898
Remote logins:      1274     1837     2603     2125     2340    2850    2809   15838

Systems ON-Line
---------------
13  Real Hardware
2   Hybrid/Emulation
10  Simulated

26 Available Remote Systems ON-Line.

Connect to these machines via 'ssh menu@tty.sdf.org' or https://connect.sdf.org
Bootstrap members and above may request personal accounts, use of the
guest accounts is encouraged. Thank you for your patience.

Volunteer software and system administration opportunities are available!

Expenses           Jan      Feb      Mar      Apr      May      Jun      Jul
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lease          3381.00  3381.00  3381.00  3381.00  3381.00  3381.00  3516.24 *
Trash            80.50    80.50    80.50    80.50    80.50    80.50    96.60 *
Internet         77.48    77.48    77.48    77.48    77.48    77.48    77.48
Gas              99.90    90.89    62.82    53.94    53.94    53.94    53.94
Electric        218.68   215.94   190.79   240.86   259.45   305.20   293.42
Supplies          0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00
Insurance       291.32   291.32     0.00   291.32     0.00   124.25   124.25
Events	        500.00     0.00  1150.00     0.00     0.00   500.00     0.00
               -------  -------  -------   ------   ------  -------  -------
               4648.88  4137.13  4942.59  4125.10  3852.37  4522.37  4161.93

* reflects annual lease increase 

Revenue            Jan      Feb      Mar      Apr      May      Jun      Jul
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
BOOTSTRAP       144.00   108.00   720.00   252.00   252.00   972.00  1188.00
JFCL             18.00     0.00    36.00    36.00     0.00    18.00    36.00
JRST             22.00    66.00     0.00    22.00    66.00     0.00    22.00
JSYS            252.00   648.00   180.00   360.00   720.00   252.00   576.00
EXEC            216.00   144.00   144.00   360.00   360.00     0.00   360.00
UUO               0.00    50.00     0.00     0.00   450.00     0.00     0.00
MONITOR         900.00     0.00     0.00   900.00   900.00     0.00   900.00
Donations         0.00     0.00   600.00     0.00  1300.00  3500.00  1590.28
               -------  -------  -------   ------   ------  -------  -------
               1552.00  1416.00  1680.00  1930.00  4048.00  4742.00  4672.28

Monthly S/D   -3096.88 -2721.13 -3262.59 -2195.10   195.63   219.63   510.35
Quarterly S/D                   -9080.60                   -1779.84

* We continue to receive 100% matched donations from Google and Microsoft. 
  Please check with your organization to see if they'll match your support.

* July showed the third consecutive monthly surplus this year! 

Tax deductible donations can be made to:

Interim Computer Museum, Inc. [ 501(c)3 33-1329617 ]
PO BOX 17355
Seattle WA 98127

Membership and sponsorship by subscription: https://icm.museum/?join

Zelle and Crypto are an option, please contact membership@sdf.org for details.

Thank you everyone!
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