8 Nov
2005
8 Nov
'05
7:29 p.m.
At 05:35 PM 11/8/05 -0500, you wrote:
John Allain wrote:
Yes I do. Do you? The collection that he offered came from someone in
Wisconsin not California. The original owner ("Don S") was the founder of
some computer club and not Don Maslin.
Here's the description:
"With the sad passing of Don S last year, one of the founders of the
Wisconsin Computer Society in the 70's, his window finds she must finally
begin the process of disposing of a basement full of stuff. Don was a
life-long experimenter and user of computing equipment which has mostly
found its way into the classification of "classic." Don and I
used/programmed DEC PDP-11 and Altos CP/M and MP/M machines together at
more than one job."
Joe
I think the issue is when not what.
Do you guys actually read CC? From the standpoint of the owners (his wife),
nothing was
supposed to happen. It's a careful waiting game that
unfortunately
I cannot help because I neither live there anymore nor do I have their
contact number. A year and two months by... it would be a good time
for her & our mutual friends to try contacting again.
John A.
(hint: supply number, and I'll try calling)
Tom Peters just last week posted a list of hardware and disks being
offered by his widow, as a start to putting his collection back in the
hands of collectors.
IIRC, Tom took responsibility for handling he situation nearly a year
ago, and said then that a barrage of questions/offers/requests to the
family would be counter-productive. It seems to me that with his
strategy beginning to bear fruit, interfering now would be even more
counterproductive.
My $0.02, and my own recollection of events. I'm willing to be
corrected.
Doc