General rescue (was: IBM 3420 008 Magnetic tape ...

[John Allain]

> I educated a scrapper, and bought a data center from him as a
> result about 15 years ago.  The sad fact is that there is no where
> near enough of us to soak up all the old mainframe gear out
> there, and there is no way I could think to take all the equipment
> that has to go away from business operations and try to offer
> an alternative, so that is just the fact of life.

Just remember to keep posting these opportunities to the list when 
they happen, so the list members can make that evaluation (no 
where near enough takers) for themselves.
I think we hear this story, 'there Was no way I could take it all 
myself' a bit too often.  We should instead be notified when the "was"
is an "is".  When this Does happen, I thank those posters...  keep 
up the good work.

John A.
more DEC than IBM, but still...