17 Oct
2022
17 Oct
'22
9:11 p.m.
Shoulda paid the rent.
A sad tale indeed.
On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 4:11 PM Sellam Abraham via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
The good news is that most of my best stuff was either
already with me or I
was able to get out, including my two Lisa 1's, my (straight) PDP-8, and
several other precious items. I long since sold off most of this to pay to
live, since at the same time they destroyed my collection they destroyed my
business (not to mention my life's work).
I've gone on to build a new collection out of the old, one that is--like my
original collection--unrivaled anywhere on the planet. But this time I've
erected castle walls around it, surrounded by a moat filled with
alligators.
Sellam
On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 11:58 AM Ryan de Laplante via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
scatter
Heist
I didn’t know you were able to recover 20% of the
collection before being
locked out again. I know losing any of it is terrible, but I’m guessing
you prioritized the very best pieces of the collection when recovering
the
20%, such as your Lisa 1?
I kept my collection in storage lockers for years. I kept moving to
larger and larger lockers, then eventually two large lockers, because my
collecting got out of control. Prices kept going up every year and it
was
a nightmare having to pay what I did just to
store the collection.
Fortunately I was able to move to a house and relocated the collection
to
the basement. Not everything could come home
with me, so I sold the
remaining lower priority pieces to the first person who could clear the
locker over a weekend. I didn’t get much for it, but at least it didn’t
go
to a recycler.
stored
On Oct 17, 2022, at 4:54 AM, Sellam Abraham via
cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
> Long story very short:
>
> Landlords evicted me from their warehouse where my collection was
and
wouldn't let me back in. Had to go to court. Regained access and
was
able to pull out 20% of the collection before
they locked me out again
for
> good. Then sold the rest to computer recyclers, who proceeded to
> it to the wind.
>
> Sellam
>
> On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 1:43 AM Ali via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
>
>> You had to ask......I was there 3000 years ago (or about 10 years ago
in
> non
Tolkien meme terms) and it wasn't pretty....
> -------- Original message --------From: Tom Hunter via cctalk <
> cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> Date: 10/17/22 1:31 AM (GMT-08:00) To:
"General
> Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic
Posts" <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> Cc:
Tom
>> Hunter <ccth6600(a)gmail.com> Subject: [cctalk] Great Vintage Computer
>> Heist of 2012 Sellam Abraham referred to a "Great VintageComputer
of
> 2012". What was that about? Who stole
what and where andwhy?