2 Jul
2025
2 Jul
'25
6:16 p.m.
A small data book library at my work is going to be cleaned out soon. It is
mostly common stuff from 1995 and older. I don't believe there is anything
unique.
You can see a some pictures of the shelves here:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/jdJnUdRPvzvRzeTp6
I can't sell them and I won't ship them.
If you see anything that should be saved I will squirrel it away with the
intention of scanning and getting it online someday.
-chuck
2 Jul
2 Jul
7:12 p.m.
Chuck
There are a lot of items in those photos older than the 1990's....I have a
lot of these myself and I don't need these, but I'd say hold onto the items
from the 70's and older. Maybe someone near to you might want them.
Bill
On Wed, Jul 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM Charles Dickman via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
A small data book library at my work is going to be
cleaned out soon. It is
mostly common stuff from 1995 and older. I don't believe there is anything
unique.
You can see a some pictures of the shelves here:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/jdJnUdRPvzvRzeTp6
I can't sell them and I won't ship them.
If you see anything that should be saved I will squirrel it away with the
intention of scanning and getting it online someday.
-chuck
7:35 p.m.
We cleaned out a similar collection a couple of years ago; we piled them
all on a pallet, shrink-wrapped them, and donated them to a local college
who were delighted to receive them.
On Wed, Jul 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM Charles Dickman via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
A small data book library at my work is going to be
cleaned out soon. It is
mostly common stuff from 1995 and older. I don't believe there is anything
unique.
You can see a some pictures of the shelves here:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/jdJnUdRPvzvRzeTp6
I can't sell them and I won't ship them.
If you see anything that should be saved I will squirrel it away with the
intention of scanning and getting it online someday.
-chuck
8:53 p.m.
On 7/2/2025 7:35 PM, Mike Stein via cctalk wrote:
We cleaned out a similar collection a couple of years
ago; we piled them
all on a pallet, shrink-wrapped them, and donated them to a local college
who were delighted to receive them.
Based on my experience (25 years in the CS Department of a University)
they probably all ended up in a dumpster.
Sad, but true.
bill
9:17 p.m.
Perhaps, space is expensive after all. But my conscience is clear; like
everything else here, it went to someone who wanted it and I don't want to
know what happened to it after that. ;-)
On Wed, Jul 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 7/2/2025 7:35 PM, Mike Stein via cctalk wrote:
We cleaned out a similar collection a couple of
years ago; we piled them
all on a pallet, shrink-wrapped them, and donated them to a local college
who were delighted to receive them.
Based on my experience (25 years in the CS Department of a University)
they probably all ended up in a dumpster.
Sad, but true.
bill
10:13 p.m.
On 2025-07-02 21:17, Mike Stein via cctalk wrote:
Perhaps, space is expensive after all. But my
conscience is clear; like
everything else here, it went to someone who wanted it and I don't want to
know what happened to it after that. ;-)
On Wed, Jul 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
> On 7/2/2025 7:35 PM, Mike Stein via cctalk wrote:
>> We cleaned out a similar collection a couple of years ago; we piled them
>> all on a pallet, shrink-wrapped them, and donated them to a local college
>> who were delighted to receive them.
>>
> Based on my experience (25 years in the CS Department of a University)
> they probably all ended up in a dumpster.
>
> Sad, but true.
>
> bill
>
>
My experience too. I once had a DEC Logic Lab that was given to me by a
man who held badge #7 at the Mill when DEC was a startup. Donated it to
my college to put in a display case and never saw it again. Same with a
Univac 418 front panel that was from a machine I serviced in my first job!
I also had serial number 000001 of a Radio Shack SX190 and emailed them
in case they wanted it for a corporate history display or something. I
got a reply saying 'sorry, we no longer support that model!" A local
museum gave me a tax receipt for more than I originally paid for it!
I think we live in a world where most people don't care about the past,
just next quarter's profits.
cheers,
Nigel
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