Yeah, some of this stuff requires 'Museum connections'- as, I'm guessing, it was a rather large unit.Was a time I did bid on a (MUCH older) Cray... Then realize I had no chance of even finding a place to store it. Fortunately others outbid me.
Maybe not 'a lot' of people- but a small cadre of electronics Historians- collect & restore older (insert thingamajigs here). Not my forte, (as it's outside my sphere of knowledge) but I do have a small stash of vintage radios/portable TVs, old phones & the like. Even a few nice cameras.
I prefer less 'Mysterious' objects to preserve; old lamps, leather, wood/furniture, musical instruments (guitars), metal items of all description (mostly cast iron/copper/brass). Also, things w/ levers, screws, & springs....like old fishin' reels.
Plus, of course; the things that we ALL love.
This short list excludes 'Life, in general'.
The problem with 'experts' is that there is so much to know & discover about almost any given subject- they are, at best, 'one trick ponies'. You could probably spend a Lifetime learning all there is to know about the past, present, & future of cotton balls, ash trays, or ball point pens.
If anyone on this planet claims to be 'bored', it's them that's boring.
To me, 'boredom' is an alien concept.
Welp, gotta go restore & research some more 'stuff' I just acquired.
....It'll only stop when I do.