Spiders, hazard of collecting junk?

Rumor has it that Aaron Christopher Finney may have mentioned these words: Yikes is a *severe* understatement! Lemme tell ya, the classic computer pickins' sure are slim up here, but stories like that make me damn glad to live on the Canadian border. I've heard a few people say that the brown recluse's might be able to survive up here, but I've never even heard of someone seeing one - let alone confronting one myself. [[ We have a lot of non-poisonous spiders up here in the summer and I get bitten once every month or so -- Most folks get a nickel-sized welt for 3-5 days and might itch for a while from a bite from one of the nastier species up here. Me? I usually get a dime-sized welt for 4-6 hours. Having been a beekeeper for a few years does have it's advantages! ;-) ]] Bringing this ontrack, tho: I *may* have stumbled across a mini-treasure of Commie equipment. From what I hear, it sounds like a decked-out 64, one of the real early PET's, and possibly a CBM machine. We'll see if this actually pans out. (It was used as a data collection device for a computerized farm feeding system. One of the first dozen installed in North America, from what I understand. This could be interesting...) Take care, Roger "Merch" Merchberger -- Roger "Merch" Merchberger --- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers Recycling is good, right??? Ok, so I'll recycle an old .sig. If at first you don't succeed, nuclear warhead disarmament should *not* be your first career choice.