Amen!
On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 7:17 PM William Donzelli via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Own your land.
>
> Museum or individual.
>
> --
> Will
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 7:13 PM Kevin Parker via cctalk
> wrote:
> >
> > I remember that Sellam and I remember visiting your facility
However you define it, who has the largest private collections? Is
there anyone who claims to have the largest private collection? I
hypothesize that there is a terminal size where it becomes
unmanageable.
Bill
Largest one I know of would by System Source in Maryland?
And an awesome one at
Not saying that what the landlord did was ethically, morally or even
legally correct, just that you could have avoided the whole disaster; I'm
sure the community would have gladly chipped in to help, but I think your
attitude at the time was not very helpful..
You certainly had (and have) my
On Mon, 17 Oct 2022, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote:
I used to claim "largest privately held collection on the planet" and no
one ever challenged me.
I like to think of it in terms of atoms, because empty space is just a
vacuum.
On that account, I control a tremendous number of atoms.
Sellam
I used to claim "largest privately held collection on the planet" and no
one ever challenged me.
I like to think of it in terms of atoms, because empty space is just a
vacuum.
On that account, I control a tremendous number of atoms.
Sellam
On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 6:31 PM Bill Degnan via cctalk
>I think one of the primary factors is >how much time the collector has to
>dedicate to> their collection.And how much money-Ali
. . . and there is the point where it crosses over
fromyou owning the collection,
to the collection owning you.
On Mon, 17 Oct 2022, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
On Oct 17, 2022, at 6:30 PM, Bill Degnan via cctalk
wrote:
However you define it, who has the largest private collections? Is
On Oct 17, 2022, at 6:30 PM, Bill Degnan via cctalk
wrote:
>
> However you define it, who has the largest private collections? Is
> there anyone who claims to have the largest private collection? I
> hypothesize that there is a terminal size where it becomes
> unmanageable.
> Bill
I’m happy
However you define it, who has the largest private collections? Is
there anyone who claims to have the largest private collection? I
hypothesize that there is a terminal size where it becomes
unmanageable.
Bill
On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 9:17 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk
wrote:
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> On Mon, 17 Oct
On Mon, 17 Oct 2022, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote:
Who presently has the largest predominantly "vintage computing" collections
in 2022? I sometimes wonder what the cutoff definition is for "very large
collection" ... 1000 individual computers? Or do you judge by square feet
filled?
Well
Who presently has the largest predominantly "vintage computing" collections
in 2022? I sometimes wonder what the cutoff definition is for "very large
collection" ... 1000 individual computers? Or do you judge by square feet
filled? I have seen entire houses full, 5000sq ft warehouses, entire
Mike,
I'm trying not to extend this conversation, because I am not interested in
a pity-party, but this kind of comment is insulting. Of course I should
have paid the rent. And vy the way, as soon as I had it, I offered it, but
they refused the tender.
Regardless, when someone gets evicted,
Own your land.
Museum or individual.
--
Will
On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 7:13 PM Kevin Parker via cctalk
wrote:
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> I remember that Sellam and I remember visiting your facility on a trip my
> wife and I did to the US. It was very impressive collection and that’s an
> understatement.
>
> It’s a
I remember that Sellam and I remember visiting your facility on a trip my wife
and I did to the US. It was very impressive collection and that’s an
understatement.
It’s a shame all that was lost ☹ It served to reinforce my approach to this s
tuff, grab first ask questions later otherwise it
IIRC a broker in Toronto was arrested for illegally shipping a black
market VAX to the USSR. The sad part of it was that it would have been
quote a legal end-use if the appropriate paperwork was done, but this
made it four times the price!,
Nigel Johnson, MSc., MIEEE, MCSE VE3ID/G4AJQ/VA3MCU
On 10/17/2022 2:57 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
On 10/17/22 14:47, Joshua Rice via cctalk wrote:
Hi all,
After some discussion on reddit about russian PDP-11 clones, i made
the (perhaps erronous) claim that the PDP series in general was
cloned by the Soviets.
I’m aware that there
Shoulda paid the rent.
A sad tale indeed.
On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 4:11 PM Sellam Abraham via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> The good news is that most of my best stuff was either already with me or I
> was able to get out, including my two Lisa 1's, my (straight) PDP-8, and
> several
On 10/17/22 2:14 PM, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote:
There were many benefactors from my loss, many innocent, some not.
Understood.
Those who benefitted from ill-begotten gains will pay for it in other ways,
if they haven't already. Such is the natural law.
Agreed.
For the record, my
There were many benefactors from my loss, many innocent, some not.
Those who benefitted from ill-begotten gains will pay for it in other ways,
if they haven't already. Such is the natural law.
Sellam
On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 12:38 PM Grant Taylor via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> On
The good news is that most of my best stuff was either already with me or I
was able to get out, including my two Lisa 1's, my (straight) PDP-8, and
several other precious items. I long since sold off most of this to pay to
live, since at the same time they destroyed my collection they destroyed
On 10/17/22 12:52 PM, Ryan de Laplante via cctalk wrote:
Not everything could come home with me, so I sold the remaining lower
priority pieces to the first person who could clear the locker over
a weekend. I didn’t get much for it, but at least it didn’t go
to a recycler.
Hopefully you boot
> On Oct 17, 2022, at 2:47 PM, Joshua Rice via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> After some discussion on reddit about russian PDP-11 clones, i made the
> (perhaps erronous) claim that the PDP series in general was cloned by the
> Soviets.
That's definitely accurate. I have seen
I didn’t know you were able to recover 20% of the collection before being
locked out again. I know losing any of it is terrible, but I’m guessing you
prioritized the very best pieces of the collection when recovering the 20%,
such as your Lisa 1?
I kept my collection in storage lockers for
On 10/17/22 14:47, Joshua Rice via cctalk wrote:
Hi all,
After some discussion on reddit about russian PDP-11 clones, i made the
(perhaps erronous) claim that the PDP series in general was cloned by the
Soviets.
I’m aware that there was a lot of QBUS/LSI PDP-11 clones, and depite poor
Never mind the civil suits, it sounds to me (from the facts you quoted) that
criminal charges might have been warranted.
paul
> On Oct 17, 2022, at 2:38 PM, Sellam Abraham via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> I did. It stretched on for a couple years, as civil suits are wont to do.
> But because
Hi all,
After some discussion on reddit about russian PDP-11 clones, i made the
(perhaps erronous) claim that the PDP series in general was cloned by the
Soviets.
I’m aware that there was a lot of QBUS/LSI PDP-11 clones, and depite poor
documentation, there is significant evidence of PDP-8
I did. It stretched on for a couple years, as civil suits are wont to do.
But because I didn't have the legal chops I have now, I did not prevail.
Hard lesson learned. Trust no man. Definitely trust no lawyer.
Sellam
On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 2:00 AM Tom Hunter via cctalk
wrote:
> Did you
Have you checked the PROM versions between the broken system and
known-good system? I'm wondering if the broken system has a buggy PROM
that just can't handle there are no fans?
On Sat, Oct 15, 2022 at 6:39 PM Alexander Schreiber via cctalk
wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've got Sun Fire V100 that I'm
Did you take them to court again to get compensation for what must have
been a substantial loss? Very strange story. You must have been furious.
On Mon, 17 Oct 2022, 4:54 pm Sellam Abraham via cctalk, <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Long story very short:
>
> Landlords evicted me from their
Long story very short:
Landlords evicted me from their warehouse where my collection was stored
and wouldn't let me back in. Had to go to court. Regained access and was
able to pull out 20% of the collection before they locked me out again for
good. Then sold the rest to computer recyclers,
You had to ask..I was there 3000 years ago (or about 10 years ago in non
Tolkien meme terms) and it wasn't pretty
Original message From: Tom Hunter via cctalk
Date: 10/17/22 1:31 AM (GMT-08:00) To: "General
Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" Cc: Tom
Hunter
Sellam Abraham referred to a "Great Vintage
Computer Heist of 2012". What was that about? Who stole what and where and
why?
I have an entire box of Datapoint 2200 digital tapes, probably over 50 of
them. I'm not sure what's on them, but I got them long ago from a former
dealer/tech(?) for Datapoint outside Reno. I also scored a ton (probably
literally) of hardware but that was all stolen in the Great Vintage
Computer
On 17.10.22 06:08, Steve Lewis via cctalk wrote:
Thanks. I was curious about if I found a Datapoint 2200 "in the wild" --
You'd be very lucky to find one. They are much rarer than the contemporary and
similar ICL1501. And if you find one, watch out. The powersupply is seriously
dangereous...
On 17.10.22 03:30, Eric Smith via cctalk wrote:
On Wed, Oct 12, 2022, 14:54 Steve Lewis via cctalk
wrote:
Datapoint 2200 [...] iinstruction set was said to be similar what became
the
8008.
The instruction sets weren't similar, they was identical.
Not quite, II believe, O handling is
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