16 Jul
2024
16 Jul
'24
12:59 a.m.
Drop the civility discussion or the LCM+L discussion?
The LCM+L discussion raises important questions about finding good homes for one’s vintage
computer collection after one passes on.
I got more passionate about making sure this kind of stuff got saved when in the late 90s
I found that little of what I worked on at Burroughs in the late 80s was available most
anywhere. I didn’t donate the item that I donated to LCM+L just to see it get scrapped. I
know of at least one other person who donated rare items there on the condition they would
be preserved.
alan
On Jul 15, 2024, at 17:38, Rick Bensene via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Dennis Boone wrote:
Folks,
Once again, it seems I need to ask everyone to
drop this discussion. I _still_ don't >
want to have the moderation flags and banhammers.
Seconded.
Though, I'll get in my last words about it before the thread hopefully dies off.
The situation with LCM+L is what it is. Unless someone has the wherewithal to challenge
the whole mess within the legal system (and probably lose anyway), there's nothing
that anyone can do about it. I, as is clear many others who inhabit this list, have a
great deal of frustration built up about the demise of LCM+L. With me, it's most
specifically felt in the way that the whole thing was executed. At some point, though, I
just have to let it go, which is right now. I agree with Dennis that the time has come
for this discussion to expire.
LCM+L R.I.P. You will be missed. Thanks to all (which includes some members of this
list) who contributed to the amazing place that LCM+L was. Mr. Allen's heart was in
the right place, or he wouldn't have devoted his resources to creating it in the first
place. Unfortunately, his life didn't last long enough for him to assure that after
he was gone it would have some means by which it could continue on in his memory.
Rick Bensene
The Old Calculator Museum
https://oldcalculatormuseum.com
Beavercreek, Oregon USA