26 Jun
1998
26 Jun
'98
1:35 p.m.
On Sat, 27 Jun 1998, Tony Duell wrote:
That could never work for me. I have a
'working' collection - machines
are often being used for real-world tasks (I don't really have a
non-classic computer), they're being investigated, hacked, tweaked,
repaired,etc. So machines rarely stay in the same place for very long.
And while I have shelf after shelf of manuals, many of them are open on
my workbench, near this PC, etc. They're in _use_.
So, how do you manage? I have about ten machines in daily use, another
ten or so in various "project" stages, and dozens more boxed up. Other
than my decaying neurons, I don't have a good way of knowing if I've lost
something, which periph originally came with which machine, which box
contains which software title, which journal describes the design of which
doodad, etc.
I'd like to tag each thing with it's own radio transmitter so I can find
it with a homing device :-) Short of that, I figure the barcode idea
might help (yes, I'm really just trying to find a use for these cool laser
scanners and wands I have).
-- Doug