Rumor has it that Lawrence Walker may have mentioned these words:
> You know Merch, you're a rotten guy. Just spoiled my enthusiasm for the
>stuff I brought back from Vancouver. And I suppose that's a Mega STE.
> And just to rub it in, a Stacy !! AND a Falcon coming. As an old ST freak
>I must object to the injustice of the gods at not distributing this bounty
more
>equitably. Was it because I walked on the dark side with Billus Gatus.
Nah, doing the M$ rag doesn't matter, because I used to tango with him a
wee bit in my younger day as well... hate to say it, but IMHO he had a much
better 8-bit basic than a lot of others out there did...
No, it's 'cause I busted my a$$ driving from Northern Michigan to Salt Lake
City and back in my truck, paid for 1/2 the gas, and got a grand total of 8
hours sleep in those 4 days to help retrieve the collection of my renter /
employee / friend / fellow nutcase.
He was a mongo-big Atari nut way back in the heyday, and his collection
seemed to 'grow' as others had gotten out of the Atari scene, and found
their way into his friend's basement in SLC - filled 2/3 of a 5x8 u-haul
trailer, and about 50-60% of the bed of my Pickup (6.5 foot bed - it's an
extended cab Chevy... The STacys stayed in the cab with us! ;-) And there
was one portfolio in the bunch, with serial & parallel modules. *that*
stayed locked in my console!
And that wasn't everything... (the Falcons were in a different room and due
to serious sleep deprivation, we didn't know... that's why I don't have
mine yet)
Not sure what the Megas are yet, or which one is mine -- the personal data
from the previous owner needed to be removed first. There were 3 Megas or
so - one still in original box, not that Tony cares about that... ;-) --
neither do I, really; the only reason I still have a couple of my CoCos in
original box is because I got no better way to store 'em right now... I
think one was a "Mega 2" which according to my friend is fairly rare, but
again, the braincells were rather jumbled during the move...
Unforch, the plans he has for the goodly chunk of his collection are Epay -
it's necessary to do that to pay for the trip, which he basically put on
credit... :-( but if anyone wants heads-up on the inventory & whatnot,
I'll see what I can do - reasonable offers may not be refused, but of
course, it's up to him.
Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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Roger "Merch" Merchberger --- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers
Recycling is good, right??? Ok, so I'll recycle an old .sig.
If at first you don't succeed, nuclear warhead
disarmament should *not* be your first career choice.
Received on Wed May 22 2002 - 09:04:23 BST