14 Jan
2010
14 Jan
'10
9:33 a.m.
Remembering the fate of Don Maslin's OS disk collection is relevant here.
Bob
Message: 11
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:58:34 -0800
From: "Chuck Guzis" < cclist at sydex.com >
Subject: Re: Collections, was: Be careful handling computer racks
<snip>
My wife recounts the tale of a friend who collected
model airplane
engines--and his collection was close to encyclopedic. ?When he
suddenly died, other collectors mobbed his widow, looking for
bargains. ?It so irritated and overwhelmed her that she had the whole
collection carted off to the dump. ?
Collectables are worth something only to other collectors of a like
mind. ?And many non-collectors do not understand that mind.
At the end of the day, it's just stuff. ?Be sure to pass it on to
others before your personal "use by" date has expired or that you ?
have some framework in place to dispose of it quickly. ?Your widow
will bless your memory.
Best regards,
Chuck
14 Jan
14 Jan
1:22 p.m.
On 14 Jan 2010 at 14:33, feldman.r at comcast.net wrote:
Remembering the fate of Don Maslin's OS disk
collection is relevant
here.
I was going to mention that--another case of a exasperated and
probably angry widow. Thank heavens Don shared a lot of his
collection before his death.
--Chuck
1:36 p.m.
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
On 14 Jan 2010 at 14:33, feldman.r at comcast.net
wrote:
I missed that! What happened?
brian
Remembering the fate of Don Maslin's OS disk
collection is relevant
here.
I was going to mention that--another case of a exasperated and
probably angry widow. ?Thank heavens Don shared a lot of his
collection before his death. 
1:41 p.m.
--- On Thu, 1/14/10, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
I had wondered what actually became of this. I remember hearing of people's attempts
to work with her to save the archive, but I never heard one way or the other. So, I assume
she just finally pitched everything then?
-Ian
Remembering
the fate of Don Maslin's OS disk
collection is relevant
here.
I was going to mention that--another case of a exasperated
and
probably angry widow. Thank heavens Don shared a lot
of his
collection before his death.
1:49 p.m.
New subject: Don Maslin (was Re: Collections, was: Be careful handling computer racks)
On 1/14/10 10:22 AM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Thank heavens Don shared a lot of his
collection before his death.
Has what survived been collected anywhere?
I've been going through dumping what I can find because I assumed
that very few of the system disks he collected have survived.
In Sep,2004...
Vernon Wright (vern4wright AT
yahoo DOT com), a colleague of Don for several years, posts that he
has contacted the family of Don Maslin. He says he'll take care of
Don's archive, and the family requests no one contact them about the
archive for now.
Was happened?
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