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Well, that's very good news. I was in Fry's Electronics (a favorite toy 
store!) in Sacramento Sunday and noticed it on the shelf. I thought 
about buying it, but wasn't sure of the contents. I'll see if I can 
discover on the web what the contents hold.

Tom Nielsen wrote:
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> Eric et al,
>
> The installation of Mathematica at the 1968 World's Fair IBM pavilion 
> can be seen in a wonderful short film, IBM at the Fair.  Some great 
> candid shots of visitors, some engaged, some exasperated, all looking 
> now like escapees somehow from the Westinghouse Time Capsule which is 
> buried not too far away.  The film can be found on Volume 5 of The 
> Films of Charles and Ray Eames.  Also on volume 5 are two versions of 
> the delightful Tops, which beats out even Powers of Ten as my all time 
> favorite Eames film.  Original score by Elmer Bernstein!   Originally 
> reissued on six DVDs, you can now get all six volumes of Eames films 
> on a single disc as well.  They are all intriguing, and some are gems.
>
> I'm glad to hear the NYHOS is taking good care of this legacy!
>
> Tom Nielsen
> www.The Exhibit Guys.com
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>
> On Aug 18, 2008, at 11:59 AM, Eric Siegel wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> We purchased Mathematica from CSC after they refurbished and traveled 
>> it, and did a permanent reinstallation based upon advice we got from 
>> the Eames Foundation.   We have the Mathematica Peep Shows also, 
>> which are wonderful 2 minute films made by the Eames, but we have not 
>> made a kiosk to show them yet.
>>
>>
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