Whittling down my collection... <sniff>

Well, folks -- I'm waiting for word on a new house (well, an *old* new house - it was built somewhere around the turn of the last century) and I *seriously* need to whittle down my collection... I know I don't have time to skidingle with most of what I have, and I don't have time to meticulously catalog & ship everything myself, so everything that I'm getting rid of is mainly for the cost of professional packing & shipping... and maybe a buck or few, if the garage sale [car boot sale] tags are still on my "rescued" items... ;-) This is how it's going to work: I'm cleaning my basement out a little at a time, so there will only be a few things per post. For the first 24 hours after my post, if more than 1 person is really interested in the equipment, I'll random-number generate the winner, this is to give those with slower internet connections an equal chance of getting "da goods" -- after 24 hours, it's first come, first serve. If I get no responses in 1 week, it hits the dumpster. [sorry, but I have no choice -- no room in the "new" digs] I've already given away my Timex Sinclair 1000 stuff to my realtor (now, that was Kismet! ;-) and my coleco Adam stuff to my renter, (in the same day, no less!!! ;-) so they've got good homes. I'm also getting rid of my 8-bit Atari stuff, all my Commodore stuff, my TI 99/4a stuff, anything IBM compatible stuff, all my CP/M stuff ( I have 2 superbrains & 2 Heath/Zenith Z100's) ATLGO [and the list goes on...] Std. Disclaimer -- all stuff is sold as-is, no warranty... I am keeping all of my non-IBM compat. Tandy stuff, my Atari 16-bit stuff, my HP64000 (of course!) and my VAXen, and certain other tidbits, so I still have my work cut out for me... :-) Today, this is what I have: An external Wangtek 525Meg SCSI-1 tape drive [dunno if it's ezactly 10 years old, but it's durned close!] and 25 cartridges (and 2 empty cases) in "last known working" condition - I had it hooked up 3 or 4 years ago, and worked fine -- but no guarantees beyond that. Yours for the cost of packing & shipping. I'm having a hell of a time finding enough boxes for the stuff I'm keeping -- everything to go out is getting packed at the pack-n-ship place right next door to my business. "Let the experts deal with it... ;-)" And beware - they have to surcharge UPS/FedEx to keep the lights & heat on (and it's snowing here in Northern Michigan) so if you go to UPS/FedEx's website and say "you're overcharging me on shipping" I'll scan in the receipts for you & put them on a webpage for your perusal... ;-) I have no quibbles about shipping internationally... if you're willing to pay the price! (Well, if you live 30 minutes or less from Sault Ste. Marie Michigan, USA/Ontario, Canada, I'll deliver it personally... ;-) If anyone's willing to pick-up, that's always an option, as well -- quickie directions: Take I-75 north until you hit the US/Canadian border - there I am. If you're interested, email me with your zip code, and I'll go over to the pack-n-ship place, have it packed & find out the shipping cost... Thanks, and hopefully the dumpster won't get too much business from me... -- Roger "Merch" Merchberger --- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers Recycling is good, right??? Ok, so I'll recycle an *older* .sig. (circa 1997!) Why does Hershey's put nutritional information on their candy bar wrappers when there's no nutritional value within?