So would I. One possible alternative could be to buy only the PDP boards and
come up with an acceptable method of distribution for those who participated in
the pool. I.e. one could buy 'shares' (1 share = 1 $) and for the parts which have
a count less than there are people, for example a lottery could be a possible way.
Just a thought.
Ed
Megan wrote:
>
> I would also chip in a little... but even though I'm sort of in
> the neighborhood (about 20 minutes away from him), I don't have
> the storage space for such a haul...
>
> Then the question becomes how we part things out to people?
>
> Does someone start offering them on ebay? Do they get parted out
> to the people who contributed to save them (and who decides the
> value)? Do they get maintained as a central cache where CCmpR's
> can purchase spares (with the contributors getting a price break)?
>
> So much hardware... it would be shame to see it disappear from the
> available pool forever... (if course, that would mean that whatever
> is left is that much more valuable).
>
> Megan Gentry
> Former RT-11 Developer
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