8 Dec
2005
8 Dec
'05
9:27 a.m.
Hmm, the closest local computer museum would be ours here in the MARCH
club. John -- see my off-list reply please.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Jules Richardson
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 11:29 AM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: sad to report...
William Donzelli wrote:
If it's not too late, see if you can get a local museum on board to do the
negotiating; maybe it will get the point across that the idea is to preserve
this stuff - not sell it on to make a fast buck.
cheers
Jules
my company
that i work for has just decommissioned an hp9000 system
for scrap and 11 dec vt420's circa 1991, unopened, with keyboards.
they did not give option on taking them or buying them =/ don't you
hate it when the bean counters get involved because they think the
scrappers will not be jerks and resell what they get instead of doing
their jobs and just scrapping it and keeping it from the employees
for personal use?
The problem tends to be the employees reselling the surplus. And after
that, little underground networks within the company form up to make
sure that certain items are decommissioned and go to certain
employees. You can see where this is going.