I guess I'm not advertising enough! Would anybody object if I posted this announcement periodically, like maybe once every two weeks, or once per month? The "Classic Computer Rescue Squad" web page lists people's location, classic computer interests, and contact info. If you aren't on it, you are missing out. And if you want to find nearby classic computer geeks, this is the obvious spot for one-stop-shopping. E-mail addresses on it are mangled to make it more difficult for spammers (though I have an idea for a better anti-spam measure), and pretty much all the decisions about what info to list are made by the Rescue Squad volunteers themselves. I've even been pretty good about maintaining it. Requests usually get handled in less than 24 hours. Here's the URL: http://www.cs.unc.edu/~yakowenk/classiccmp/ccrs_list.html Be there, or be a rectangle in which each side is one fourth of the total perimiter. Bill. On Wed, 31 Mar 1999, Sellam Ismail <dastar(a)ncal.verio.com> wrote: ] ] On Wed, 31 Mar 1999, Jerome Fine wrote: ] > So, if you are willing to give your zip/postal code, in effect that is ... deletia ... ] ] I think the rescue list on Bill Yakowenko's site (don't have the URL ] handy) can serve the purpose of knowing where generally other fellow ] collectors are located. Aside from privacy concerns, its a swell idea. ] But I guess it would be on a voluntary basis. ] ... more ...