26 Feb
2003
26 Feb
'03
12:20 p.m.
Lawrence Walker sez...
I sat on this a bit gritting my teeth but I can't let it pass.
I was involved with this individual in setting up Toronto
Computer Collectors Club and he agreed to take part by
doing the site coding and putting the site in his name with
some contributions from others including myself, who
expended considerable effort in getting it going.
He then used the site to gobble up any computer
contributions in the name of TC3. He likely has the
largest collections of Hyperion artifacts in NA due
to the gullibility of well-meaning contributers of collections
to TC3. One of whom mentioned it would take a couple
of carloads for equipment and documentation.
Following the diclosure of this, TC3, which I had played
the main role of organising in order to have a center for
local Toronto computer collectors to get together broke
up.
I would advise collectors to stay clear of this guy since
based on my experience he would only use your
enthusiasm for classic computers to his own advantage.
Much as I appreciate the head's up, I don't see how this is
the state of affairs today. I listed my interests on his
website. It has *my* email address. How can he "gobble up"
contributions going to me???
Cheers,
Lawrence
On 23 Feb 2003, , Brian Mahoney wrote:
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Several years ago I set up a list of collectors
on the TC3
site, which some of you may remember. Subsequent to that
site being shut down by its host, I moved the list to my
personal site at the following url:
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/9107/
The collector's list is reached from a link on the main page
and resides at this url :
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/9107/collecto
rs.htm
The reason for this message is to request that anyone who is
on this list, contact me HERE :
antiquecomputers(a)hotmail.com
to update their information. I have recently sent out an
email to all person on the list, but find that almost
everyone has moved ... email address anyway. If anyone
reading this wishes to be put on the list, I would be glad
to add their name and information, just be sure to format it
the same way it is on the list.
(None of this benefits me in any way, if anyone is
wondering. However, since I receive email almost every day
originating from my site, it is a constant source of
information and resources for me. When someone has a
computer for sale or donation, they frequently email me and
I refer them back to the site to see if there is a collector
near them. Most, of course, are from the states and many,
many of the requests are for good homes for donated
computers.)
PLEASE don't contact me through the list, use
antiquecomputers(a)hotmail.com only. I will repost this a
couple more times, unless someone really finds it useless.
lgwalker@ mts.net