27 Apr
2005
27 Apr
'05
11:01 a.m.
On Wed, 27 Apr 2005, Jules Richardson wrote:
We picked up a van load at the weekend - 19 Horizons
(another 3 are on
the way!), 9 Minstrels, a Cromemco (I forget which!), and an imperial
buttload (artistic licence :) of S100 spares.
Good Lord! That's a lot of Horizons! Never heard of the Minstrel but it
looks keen.
This was from a house where the old chap had died
recently - to say he
was a bit of a hoarder was an understatement. The house was floor to
ceiling with computers, docs, software, newspapers, books, photos,
videos. Unfortunately the chap's son who was there with us was paranoid
about there being sensitive information buried in everything, so 90% of
the docs and disks had to be left behind - ditto with most of the
components and test gear as he was worried they'd still be on the books
from the guy's old business and he'd be liable if they were released.
Ugh! Luddites!! The bane of computer collectors the world over.
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