24 Oct
2005
24 Oct
'05
6:30 p.m.
I had a rescue set up in northwest arkansas. Then the owner got in a car
accident and was out of action for months. Now the family is working with me
to finish off picking up the collection.
But now that I'm talking to the family, they are telling me a far different
story about the size of the collection. I was planning on going down this
weekend to pick it up in a 14seat van (sans seats). However, I've just been
informed that the computers and docs and such is approximately 7 foot tall
by 10 foot by 12 foot. This is unlikely to fit, and I'm not sure I can do
two trips (due to wifes surgery coming up, very soon I won't be able to go
out for a few days for a few months). Of course, the family wants the stuff
gone "now".
Anyone able to help with pickup, storage, etc.? If so, please email me
off-list. The collection is a very complete collection of most known home
computers back to pre-dos IBM machines with all software & docs. Do I really
even want this... *sigh*
Kind regards,
Jay West
24 Oct
24 Oct
8:58 p.m.
On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 20:30:39 -0500
"Jay West" <jwest at classiccmp.org> wrote:
I had a rescue set up in northwest arkansas. Then the
owner got in a car
accident and was out of action for months. Now the family is working with me
to finish off picking up the collection.
But now that I'm talking to the family, they are telling me a far different
story about the size of the collection. I was planning on going down this
weekend to pick it up in a 14seat van (sans seats). However, I've just been
informed that the computers and docs and such is approximately 7 foot tall
by 10 foot by 12 foot. This is unlikely to fit, and I'm not sure I can do
two trips (due to wifes surgery coming up, very soon I won't be able to go
out for a few days for a few months). Of course, the family wants the stuff
gone "now".
Anyone able to help with pickup, storage, etc.? If so, please email me
off-list. The collection is a very complete collection of most known home
computers back to pre-dos IBM machines with all software & docs. Do I really
even want this... *sigh*
That sounds like the kind of instance where if immediate evacuation is needed, a
one month rental of a storage locker is the way to go. Has anybody here ever done such a
thing? The locker could be rented for not that high a cost, and all the hardware cached
there so there's a month to get it all out and the family doesn't have to deal
with it and/or get upset and start pitching things.
It could even become a cooperative thing, i.e. shares are sold to pay for storage, fuel,
etc., and materials and systems that result are divided accordingly. That said, I
probably can't get to Arkansas personally to be much a part of such an operation.
Kind regards,
Jay West
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25 Oct
25 Oct
4:35 a.m.
That sounds like the kind of instance where if
immediate evacuation is needed, a one month rental of a storage locker is the way to go.
Has anybody here ever done such a thing? The locker could be rented for not that high a
cost, and all the hardware cached there so there's a month to get it all out and the
family doesn't have to deal with it and/or get upset and start pitching things.
It could even become a cooperative thing, i.e. shares are sold to pay for storage, fuel,
etc., and materials and systems that result are divided accordingly. That said, I
probably can't get to Arkansas personally to be much a part of such an operation.
I got a storeage locker for that cray I picked up, as it would not fit
through the door at home. It's still there 9 months later. So unless
you have a plan with specific timings. You are likely to just leave
it there because it's easier.
Dan
5:26 a.m.
Dan Williams wrote:
Does the storage locker cost less than the equivalent amount of aggro
That sounds
like the kind of instance where if immediate evacuation is needed, a one month rental of a
storage locker is the way to go. Has anybody here ever done such a thing? The locker
could be rented for not that high a cost, and all the hardware cached there so there's
a month to get it all out and the family doesn't have to deal with it and/or get upset
and start pitching things.
It could even become a cooperative thing, i.e. shares are sold to pay for storage, fuel,
etc., and materials and systems that result are divided accordingly. That said, I
probably can't get to Arkansas personally to be much a part of such an operation.
I got a storeage locker for that cray I picked up, as it would not fit
through the door at home. It's still there 9 months later. So unless
you have a plan with specific timings. You are likely to just leave
it there because it's easier.
Dan from dragging a Cray home? How many peace offerings
has it saved you?
Gordon
6:43 a.m.
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From: "Gordon JC Pearce" <gordonjcp at gjcp.net>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 8:26 AM
Subject: Re: help requested in Arkansas rescue
Does the storage locker cost less than the equivalent
amount of aggro
from dragging a Cray home? How many peace offerings has it saved you?
Gordon
What would be the point of having the machine in a storage locker unpowered
and far enough away that you will rarely go there to look at it rust?
9:27 a.m.
Does the
storage locker cost less than the equivalent amount of
aggro from dragging a Cray home? How many peace offerings has it
saved you?
What would be the point of having the machine in a storage locker
unpowered and far enough away that you will rarely go there to look
at it rust?
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