How your collection storage space is used?

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Thu Jun 3 23:12:09 1999

Kevin,

  There's a rule of thumb in military contracting that says that when the
weight of the documentation equals that of the product then the product is
ready. That seems to apply to me. I'm a fanatic for getting as much
documentation as possible for all my machines. I probably average one pound
of docs for each pound of machine. I have no docs for some of my machines
but OTOH I have at least five large shelves full of docs for my HP handheld
calculators. I have a 6 foot shelf full of docs for the HP-85 but I also
have about 14 of the 85s! That's a stack about 7 feet tall.

    Joe

At 07:41 AM 6/3/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Please ponder this question.
>
>We either collect mainframes, minicomputers, or microcomputers. In the mix
>there is hardware, software, documentation, spares, and related material
>such as magazines, books, novelties. There might also be the original
>boxes.
>
>What percentage of your space is taken up by the hardware and how much
>by everything else? What is the ratio of actual computers to all the other
>stuff that goes along with them? Please tell me the catagory(s) of
computer(s)
>you collect (mainframe, etc.), and what your percentages are.
>
>I am working on an article and also on the 2nd edition of A Guide, so your
>estimates would be very helpful.
>
>Thank you very much.
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>Kevin Stumpf * Unusual systems * www.unusual.on.ca
>+1.519.744.2900 * EST/EDT GMT - 5
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>Collector - Commercial Mainframes & Minicomputers from
> the 50s, 60s, & 70s and control panels and consoles.
>
>Author & Publisher - A Guide to Collecting Computers &
>Computer Collectibles * ISBN 0-9684244-0-6
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Received on Thu Jun 03 1999 - 23:12:09 BST