6 Apr
2013
6 Apr
'13
11:52 p.m.
cameras?
On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Rob Jarratt <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com>wrote:
Sorry to hear about your father. I remember you saying
he was not well a
while ago.
Funnily enough, although my collection is far more modest, I have been
thinking about this a little bit too just lately as I need to make a will.
I
think my preference would be a serious collector interested in keeping the
machines running (or getting them to run where I have failed), but I am
interested in any suggestions. My fear with museums is that they would just
go into storage and never be seen or appreciated again. My particular
dilemma is that I would like at least something to remain in the family,
but
I don't know whether I should encourage my children to sell or give away
the
rest since a fair proportion of what I have was given to me, although I
have
bought some items. One thing is for sure, I am going to stipulate that
nothing should be just thrown away.
UK-specific suggestions welcome.
Regards
Rob
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-
bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Tony Duell
Sent: 06 April 2013 21:42
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Who might want my collections (but not yet!)?
Since my father passed away a couple of months ago I have been giving
serious thoguth to making a formal wil myself (when my father was around,
he would have known who to contact about various things).
My first ;'choice' is to give everything to a personal friend who has
been
on
this list. He shares enough of my interests that
he will realise what is
valuable and what is perhaps not so valuable. But the problem is tha said
friend is about the same age as me, and it is not certainn he wil
loutlive
me.
Of course if he passes away long before me, I can
producve a new will,
but
it
is worth putting a clause in the one I am
currently writing to say what
happens if he is not around.
Now, as well as my classic computers there's also cmaeras, books, tools,
test gear, other electronci stuff, etc.
I would rather leave everything to one person/orgnaisation (rather than
say
'the classic computers go to <a>, the
tools go to <b>, etc) or worse
still
'I
leave my PDP11/45 system to <foo>',
etc. In the latter case if I have,
say,
swapped my 11/45 for an 11/790 at some point then
<foo> gets nothing,
even though it was probably my intention that he would get the 11/70. In
the former case, there could be disputes as to what category certain
things
fall into -- is the 'Datacopy 300' (an
early digital camera that needs a
classic
PERQ to run it) a 'classic computer
peripheral' or a 'camera', for
example.
Does anyone have any serious suggestions for an organisation (and yes, I
am
considering computer museums here, no matyter
what I may have said i
nthe past) who would be prepared to take the lot and pass on that which
was of no use to them to other organisations or enthusiasts?
-tony