8 Jan
2023
8 Jan
'23
12:34 a.m.
Sorry to hear that George. I've been clearing out Bob's stuff for a few
years now, what I found best was to identify the "commodity" stuff like
pdp11's and separate those from the "priceless" stuff like all the Perqs
and software.
The commodity stuff just sell for whatever. There's a lot of it out
there, some people take donations then sell them anyway so might as well.
For the priceless stuff, find the right people and give it away. Things
like a Dec20, old MASSBUS drives, etc. Find the people who will take
care of it, won't just flip it, will help to bring it back and keep the
memories alive.
I did that and feel better about things by doing so.
Then there's the "junk"....
CZ
On 1/7/2023 2:02 PM, George Currie via cctalk wrote:
Greetings all, it's "that time", the
time I've finally accepted that I
no longer have the time/energy/space to devote to this
collection/restoration hobby that I've been able to enjoy for several
decades now.During this time, I've managed to amass a pretty sizeable
amount of hardware, software, manuals, etc. We're talking half a garage,
part of a large shed and a storage rental's worth of stuff. I need to go
through and hit some highlights, but there are things from rack mount
PDP-10's, an SGI (Challenge XL rack, Indy's), tons of old Macs
(original, 512, original, Portable, etc), Lisa, Apple II, Commodore,
TRS80, Grid, HERO robots, DG Aviion, HP PA-RISC, MIPS system, early
luggables (e.g. Zenith), boxes of ISA cards, etc, etc, etc. A good 20ft
uhaul trucks worth of stuff.There is no way I can piece meal stuff, so
I'd be looking for someone, or an org like a museum, who is willing to
take the whole enchilada.This is an early feeler before I start doing
actual inventory to see if a) is anyone interested in/capable of dealing
with a large collectionb) is anyone aware of someone, or a museum, that
may be interestedI know I'm a bit light on the details, and we all know
where the devil lives. But this is the first step.The collection is
located in Central Texas.TIA for any interest, leads, pointers,
sympathy, ridicule, etc.George