11 Jun
1997
11 Jun
'97
10:16 a.m.
On Wed, 11 Jun 1997, Marvin wrote:
Hi Jim, I was reading these posts also and was also
trying to think of a
way to handle these situations. I like your idea of an Index giving the
location of collectors. I, for one, really appreciated Sam posting the
stuff about available computers and can cover parts of central
California without too much effort (parts of Los Angeles to San Luis
Obispo or so.) I have also found places, primarily schools, that have a
bunch of interesting stuff that sometimes sits for years safely stored
away, and probably available for either taking it away (they need space)
or for scrap prices.
I can cover most of the Bay Area (California). Of course there are at
least 3 other collectors on this discussion who could as well.
Another thought on a related subject is what to do
with stuff all of us
might have but are only being held to save it from the dump. As one
A couple of people regularly post their trade lists (Kai for one). I am
currently going through all my stuff to come up with a trade list of my
own, mainly based on duplicates of systems I already own (like 6 VIC-20s,
a number of TI-99/4a's...mostly common stuff). I don't want this to turn
into a big trade-a-thon though. Perhaps we can start another listserve
that has messages related only to buy/sell/trade? That way we won't be
inundated with people spewing their requests and trade lists into the
main discussion area. This would be so much easier if it were a
newsgroup, but then again the quality would suffer (what with all the
lame advertisement spams).
Sam
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