Thank you for the great response. We'll be getting together soon to go over
the stuff, and we'll be contacting people directly. You all have done me
many favors over the past couple 'a years, and I want to channel at least
SOME stuff into the hands of the people who will appreciate it.
Please feel free to keep emailing wants.
oh, yeah -- I'll consider trades. Photo or modern PC equipment... Ferrarris
also considered.
P Manney
>I have a friend (Yes, Virginia, I have two friends) who's been a DEC
>repairman for many years. He now wants to get rid of the accumulated a lot
>of stuff in his barn, and has asked me to help get rid of it.
>
>I'm not sure I have the time to make a complete catalogue of all his stuff.
>Anyway, I know squat about big iron, and therefore don't know what's
>valuable to people.
>
>Please, therefore, email me with your wants -- anything from, "I'll take
>anything" to "keep an eye out for this widget". I have no idea what he
wants
>for all of this, bit I doubt he's out to gouge.
>
>manney_at_hmcltd.net
>pgphoto_at_ragemail.com
>
>P Manney
>"Y1K caused the Dark Ages."
>Thousands of discounted photo items at http://www.hmcltd.net/pgphoto
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Colan Mitchell <cdrmool_at_interlog.com>
>To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
><classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
>Date: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 4:37 PM
>Subject: confidential info on old harddrives.
>
>
>>
>>If this is a ? thats been dealt with before I joined the list my
>>apologies.
>> I repeatedly come across personal and confidential information on
>>discarded computers. I sit and shake my head in shock. Lawyers seem to
>>be the worst. I have considered contacting the original owners and
>>educating them about practicing safe hex but, especially in the case of
>>lawyers and women, don't want to have them freak out and think I'm being
>>weird and calling the police. On the other hand I feel that I should do
>>something. In the end I just format the drives and forget about it.
>> Has anyone experienced contacting an original owner? What was the
>>response. This is something that I've not read about in the media as Y2K
>>and Hackers get all the press but I suspect this is a bigger potential
>>problem.
>>
>>
>>Colan
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Received on Mon May 31 1999 - 07:56:12 BST