PDP-8/S

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Heh!  The  will have to pry my PDP 8  from my cold dead  hands to get it 
<<grin!>>
 
 
In a message dated 6/13/2015 1:14:19 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
tmfdmike at gmail.com writes:

I have  an old computer collection in the workshop.

I also have a gun  collection in the house :-)

If anyone can *still* successfully make off  with my pdps, they can
bloody have them! :D

Mike

On Sat, Jun  13, 2015 at 2:52 AM, Sean Caron <scaron at umich.edu> wrote:
> I  dunno, guys, that might be a little paranoid ... a lot of this stuff  
is
> big and heavy ... I just can't imagine a thief coming in and  carting away
> PDP-11s, VAX-11s, RP/RL/TU drives, IBM mainframes, whole  racks and the 
like
> ... I can hardly move some of this stuff I have as  one guy and it is
> certainly a loud, time-consuming, sweaty process ...  not to mention, how
> would anyone go about fencing something like that?  I don't think the 
local
> pawn shop will want it ... imagine a giant  illicit market for stolen
> computers, like for stolen artwork? LOL. I'm  not so sure. If someone 
wants
> to keep their QTH anonymous that's cool  and totally your business but I
> suspect most intruders really couldn't  care less about old computers... 
but
> who knows. Maybe all this stuff  will turn out to be the Old Masters of 
the
> digital age and we'll all  be rich! :O
>
> Best,
>
> Sean
>
>
>  On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 9:43 AM, Noel Chiappa  <jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
> wrote:
>
>>   > From: Fred Cisin
>>
>>      > If somebody were to try to make a "complete" list, it would  make
>> sense
>>     > to provide variable  levels of anonymity
>>     > ...
>>   > Prob'ly some people would be more willing to discuss what  they have
>> IFF
>>     > they aren't  opening themselves to theft risk, and/or a deluge of 
"I'd
>>   > like to buy".
>>
>> Let me second that.  Particularly as the value of these things goes up,
>> security will  be a real issue for people.
>>
>> As I like to say, the  _good_ thing about the Internet is that it brings 
the
>> world to  your doorstep; and the _bad_ thing about the Internet is that 
it
>>  brings the world to your doorstep...
>>
>>     Noel
>>



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