so uhwe rescued a set of 4K movie film scanners

[nosfe@kamu.social]

@alyx nice find, without the 4k upgrade the price for one unit was something like one million dollars...

[evanwolf@mastodon.social]

@alyx perhaps the Pacific film archive? filmcuratorial@berkeley.edu

[wec@fv390.hs.bam.moe]

if you are living in the US and are a nerd, owning a powerful vehicle that can pull your enclosed trailer that you also own is a must lol

CC: @rey@toot.cat @alyx@frogs.lgbt @ajroach42@retro.social @djsundog@fedi.reclaim.technology

[nex3@mastodon.social]

@alyx have you already reached out to Scarecrow? they're probably your best bet for finding an actual home for these

[ajroach42@retro.social]

@djsundog @alyx @vfrmedia @rey that's the easiest option. Shit, I'm down.

[ajroach42@retro.social]

@alyx alright, that's good for me. We'll figure out logistics on this end and be in touch?

[sarae@ecoevo.social]

@FeloniousPunk @boyago @alyx library at UW might also be good to ask, since they're in town

[godber@az.social]

@alyx standard mk2 flux capacitor…

Why do you tempt us with these things?

[itsjennotgoblin@goblin.camp]

@alyx

@hex @Thomas either of you able to use this??

[atlefren@snabelen.no]

@alyx @eivindmork Is this interesting (apart from the location I guess...)

[hex@dads.cool]

@Thomas @ItsJenNotGoblin @alyx the mere logistics of trying to get that to Kentucky startles me. plus it looks like it may already have a taker

[itsjennotgoblin@goblin.camp]

@hex @Thomas @alyx yeah, but I like you better so fuck that other person 😉😅

[su_liam@mas.to]

@alyx This sort of thing is why my wife will end up dumping me, but not today.

[eivindmork@snabelen.no]

@atlefren @alyx Oh my! If I didn't live in an apartment and across the pond it would be awesome!

[mossyfoot@pdx.social]

@alyx if things don't work out in Georgia maybe try the Hollywood Theatre in Portland.

[gnate@ohai.social]

@su_liam
She'd leave you for a 4k scanner?
@alyx

[x3lz@mastodon.social]

@alyx @internetarchive

[trainguyrom@techhub.social]

@ajroach42 @djsundog @alyx @vfrmedia @rey I'd offer to drive a leg across the Midwest if I didn't already have other imminent travel right now

Edit to add: please feel free to ping me if you end up arranging a pony express style transport plan. I could donate a day of my time to the cause if the timing works out. I also have a minivan I can put into freight mode if we're trans loading, or I could invest in a tow hitch like I've been strongly considering for a while and tow a small trailer (emphasis on small)

[mattmerk@mastodon.social]

@alyx Holy shit, I haven't seen one of these since the company I worked for owned one!

[quadrivial@beige.party]

@alyx I originally read this as "we rescued a set of 4k (versions of the) movie film Scanners" and I was briefly terrified