14 Nov
2001
14 Nov
'01
8:10 a.m.
On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, Ian Koller wrote:
You must offer them cash for it, because if they
don't sell it, it is
at a cost to the state and the university.
Hardly. As long as the rescuers are prepared to cover all de-isntallation
and moving fees, there is no cost to the university, and they'd be hard
pressed to put any sort of worthwhile figure on an early 1980s era
mainframe computer system.
The particulars in this case might prove otherwise, but it would be
unreasonable for the university to expect anything. At the very most,
they should want scrap value, but I would hope they would see the higher
historic value in this machine and be cooperative with rescue efforts.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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