Totally OT, but frustrated.....

I'm not sure what use my head would be without arms/hands to type in replies and/or discover new ways of maintaining these machines.... :-) However, this does remind me of a fairly important point. Many of us have discovered useful tricks, have sketched out otherwise unobtainable schematics, and so on. It would be a great pity if all this was lost in the event of said person passing away. Most of us (I hope) have made formal or informal arrangements as to what happens to our collection should this happen. But have you made arrangements to preserve your hacks too? I would suggest recording everything as far as possible -- and labelling it with whatever machine it goes with. And making it be known that in the event of your death, every bit of paper should be examined by a clueful hacker. And yes, I have done the latter (in the event of my death, my entire collection goes to a trusted friend who knows to check every last bit of paper for useful clues as to what I was doing. Anyone likely to be informed of my death knows to contact this person should it be necessary. And he knows to contact my other friends should he need more help).... -tony