Everyone here should read this.. I thought I'd seen everything.

From: John B <dylanb_at_sympatico.ca>
Date: Thu Dec 2 19:21:53 1999

-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_mcmanis.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Thursday, December 02, 1999 9:18 PM
Subject: Re: Everyone here should read this.. I thought I'd seen everything.


>>FWIW: If he's under an "assured destruct" contract, and you're buying from
>>him,
>>then you both can be in a lot of hot water if the wrong people find out.
>
>OTHOH I have gotten things that were scrapped under "assured destruct"
>contracts because the definition of "destruct" is "cannot be reconstituted
>to work in the original application." under those terms taking the PDP-8/M
>out of a machine tool "destroys" the machine tool because without its brain
>it won't work anymore. But the PDP-8 still does :-)
>


Thanks for that info Chuck.

Most of the minis/boards I am pulling out I will try and restrict to
University/Factory systems. I don't want to get in any trouble... but.. How
the heck does he know which system should be destroyed or not?? (If you saw
the place you would understand).

If I do get the nerve to purchase a *huge* supercomputer from him (if it
comes from a manufacturer) then I really can't resell it...

>--Chuck
>
>
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