Then why go at length to describe the W.O.P.R. lettering and the BASF disks. There is also mention to directly contact the authorities something a scammer would want to avoid at all costs. Even the handover of such a system if it's dontated to a boy would be caught out once there is no boy to receive it.
Thieves are usually dumb, in South Africa we had thieves in the 80's that stole computers and tried to sell them as vcr's/type writers/all kinds of other creative names. They also might have thought the heavier the more worth..
While I'm writting I'd like to know this:
Is there ANY chance that the ink from pens/markers can damage a CD over a long period of time? I'm marking my cds with a black marker that has Xylene in it. Aint these inks acidic? I dont want to recover all my paper tapes to CD only to find after 20 years that the ink markings ate away the surface..
-----Original Message-----
From: Sellam Ismail [mailto:foo_at_siconic.com]
Sent: 21 October 2002 04:02
To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
Subject: Troll on imsai.net?
This is posted on the front page of imsai.net:
"Mr. Fischer,
Recently my home was burglarized. Surprisingly the thieves took my son's
IMSAI computer. My son is 5 years old and is autistic. He refuses to use
a regular computer. He is in love with his IMSAI though, switches and
lights always fascinated him. This computer was his favorite possession
and he asks about it all day long, even gets up at night and wakes me up
asking for it. This computer means the world to him. On the side of the
machine are the letters W.O.P.R. They look silk screened. Also taken
with this unit was a very large disk drive and some extreme large computer
disks. I think they were 12 inches across [8" floppy disk], and are marked
BASF 8" Single Sided Double Density. Also stolen was a computer modem
that you would set a phone on to [acoustic coupler]. Thank you in advance
for any information you may have."
It sounds plausible, but then I'm a cynic. I can imagine someone would
make this up to try to get the sympathy of Todd Fischer thinking he might
just send them an IMSAI.
I mean, why would a cat burglar walk out of a house with 100 pounds of
computer, unless they really knew what it was and could get $x000 for it
on eBay? Wouldn't it have shown up on eBay?
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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