ClassicCmp Demographics/Geographics

From: Bob Shannon <bshannon_at_tiac.net>
Date: Mon Feb 11 19:29:55 2002

Hmmm,

Maybe we should include a flag, to warn that the vintage collection is under the

protection of another collection!

John Chris Wren wrote:

> Whose garage to sneak into at night, when you need a disk controller for the
> VAX...
>
> --John
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> > [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Doc Shipley
> > Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 16:58 PM
> > To: Classic Computers
> > Subject: RFC: ClassicCmp Demographics/Geographics
> >
> >
> > Hey.
> > Along the lines of last week's "specialty" thread, I'm kind of curious
> > where the various members (including and especially lurkers) live.
> > Maybe more to the point, where our various machines and parts dumps
> > reside....
> > I've managed so far never to touch a database, but this strikes me as
> > an interesting-enough and simple-enough first project. I'm interested
> > in listing and correlating several things:
> >
> > Skillset resources - who knows what, where. For instance, if I had an
> > Amiga with catweasel hardware and I knew Grumpy ol' Fred lived 30 miles
> > away, I might just drive out one Saturday, set it up, and learn
> > something. Or whatever.
> > Collections. Who has what, where. I travel nationwide (when there's
> > work to do, that is), and if I know a list-member lives in the area I'll
> > be in, I might arrange to see their collection, or even do some very
> > rare face-to-face trading.
> > Commercial regional and local parts and components resources. Most of
> > us seem to have pet electronics suppliers in our areas.
> > Wish lists. Who _wants_ what, where.
> > What do we do when we're not playing with very old toys? (Yeah, I
> > know. Look for older toys)
> >
> > We could do this as an online db, although I doubt that we'd want a
> > lot of it public.
> >
> > Comments?
> >
> > Doc
> >
> >
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