2 Dec
1999
2 Dec
'99
7:21 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis(a)mcmanis.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Thursday, December 02, 1999 9:18 PM
Subject: Re: Everyone here should read this.. I thought I'd seen everything.
Thanks for that info Chuck.
Most of the minis/boards I am pulling out I will try and restrict to
University/Factory systems. I don't want to get in any trouble... but.. How
the heck does he know which system should be destroyed or not?? (If you saw
the place you would understand).
If I do get the nerve to purchase a *huge* supercomputer from him (if it
comes from a manufacturer) then I really can't resell it...
FWIW: If
he's under an "assured destruct" contract, and you're buying from
him,
then you both can be in a lot of hot water if the wrong people find out.
OTHOH I have gotten things that were scrapped under "assured destruct"
contracts because the definition of "destruct" is "cannot be reconstituted
to work in the original application." under those terms taking the PDP-8/M
out of a machine tool "destroys" the machine tool because without its brain
it won't work anymore. But the PDP-8 still does :-)
--Chuck