Warren Ernst wrote:
On Feb 6, 8:14 am, BLuRry <brendan.rob...@gmail.com> wrote:On Feb 6, 9:51 am, sicklittlemonkey <Nick.Westg...@gmail.com> wrote:On Feb 6, 1:57 pm, BLuRry <brendan.rob...@gmail.com> wrote:Let me know if you have a //c+ in the pile you're looking to off-load, pretty please! :-)You're hoping airport security will be less suspicious of the guy booked into seat "2e" if his laptop isn't bundled with a giant brick on a leash, right? ;-) Cheers, Nick.Yeah, pretty much. Actually, if I had a //c+ then I could cram extra goodies in the case. The memory expansion port, for example, would be very handy for some fun on-the-road tinkering. Something along the lines of what AGS does to hack RWTS for DOS 3.3 compatibility, for example. :-) -BSomething tells me our little group could keep ourselves supplied with motherboards, monitors, drives, and cases for another decade if we could just get our act together and pool our resources with this outfit. Any thoughts on the subject?
A very interesting idea, Warren. It requires more than a little organization and commitment to make it happen and keep it going, but I like the idea of a warehouse with low-humidity, moderate temperature long-term storage of Apple II gear, maintained by and available to the Apple II community. In fact, stocking it would never be a problem. The problem would be organizing it and keeping it operating. It would solve a major problem for me, since despite my best efforts I don't expect to live forever, and would relish the idea of my trove becoming available to those who could appreciate it and put it to use. I'll bet I'm one of many, and there will be many tons of Apple gear that will be looking for a "home" in the years to come--an "A2 Central" like this could be a great solution! I can envision an Apple II "Mecca" in the desert, with permanent staff, visiting researchers, and both sales and a lending library for Apple II equipment. Funding and staffing then become the issues. -michael ******** Note new website URL ******** NadaNet and AppleCrate II for Apple II parallel computing! Home page: http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon/ "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it's seriously underused."