Taking control of your collection

From: Wayne M. Smith <wmsmith_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Tue Feb 5 02:42:56 2002

> > How do YOU limit your collection when you aren't a Sellam, John Keys
> > and others with warehouse space. Seriously. It must be a problem that
> > many of you have made a decision on, even when it wasn't your S.O.
> > giving an ultimatum. Any guidelines ? Be stern.
>
> Well, I tried to limit myself, but I just couldn't. So I got some
> warehouse space. And that wasn't enough. So I took over about half of a
> friends warehouse (who was really nice to let me use it). Then I had to
> get a storage locker. And then I took over half of a friend's bigger
> storage locker. (A different friend from the first one.) *sigh*
>
> Peace... Sridhar
>

The key, in my view, is to specialize, but even then the volume can get pretty large. My "specialty" is "all in ones" -- computers
with the CPU/monitor/keyboard and mass storage all in a single unit or portable package. Examples -- IBM 5110, IBM Datamaster, HP
85/87, IMSAI VDPs, Osbornes, Kaypros, SX-64s, etc.

BTW, I'm still looking for an IBM 5120 if anyone has one they'd like to find a new home for. I'll pay a few hundred for a clean
one.

I keep the 12-15 best ones in my office, and the remainder are in the garage on 74 x 48 x 24 Nexel wire shelving units (which hold
800 lbs. per shelf). Happily, I can still get one car in the garage; not so happily, that car is my wife's.

-W
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