Geniac Manuals

From: Marvin <marvin_at_rain.org>
Date: Tue Jan 26 18:14:59 1999

Today, I was helping a friend clean out her garage, and among many other
things were the original Geniac Manuals, "Geniacs: Simple Electric Brain
Machines and How to Make Them" Copyright 1955 by Oliver Garfield along with
some other Geniac related instructions and experiments. My plan at this
point is to put them on ebay starting at $500 and ... NOT; just pushing
buttons. It is possible that there is a Geniac still there someplace and
I'll be checking that out during the next few weeks.

For you people who live and die by ebay, I'd like to point out that if *I*
had not been there, these manuals would have gone to the recycler. Ebay
stuff almost by definition has already been rescued. Stuff like these
Geniac manuals are heading to the dumpster/recycler on an almost constant
basis. So far, I personally have probably rescued close to 100 cubic feet
of stuff that was destined for the dumpster/recycler over the past year or
so. Which is more important, complaining about ebay postings on stuff that
is unlikely to be dumpstered, or actually saving stuff that WOULD go to the
dumpster/recycler???? I would be the first to admit it is easier to
complain.
Received on Tue Jan 26 1999 - 18:14:59 GMT