John McCance / DEC Collection

Dear vax enthusiasts, Some time ago John McCance donated a delqa card to me, and I responded with a thank you letter. Sadly, last week I received an email from John's sister, to inform me that John had died of a heart attack while helping his landlady deal with a basement flooded by the remains of Hurricane Charlie. She'd found my letter while going through his things. As John was an occasional participant on these lists I felt you should be informed of his passing, but there is a second reason for this posting. His family isn't sure how to handle the disposition of his collection of older computer hardware and documentation. each of vt320 and vt420s, a large number of keyboards, a vax 4000 300, a vaxstation 4000, a strongbox of vms licenses, and many manuals, cdroms, etc. I also understand from my correspondence with John that there is a qbus scsi card of some sort, but this isn't a treasure hunt. The family would like to put any money the collection is worth towards his final expenses, or at least save hardware that John cared about from the dump. I am in Vancouver, but if one or more of you is near Cambridge, Ohio, and can commit to taking the bulk of the collection, you may contact me to work out specifics and put you in touch with the family. /Hugh