collection organising

From: Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
Date: Mon Sep 15 20:26:15 2003

> OK, current situation: Everything spread to hell and back in several different
> rooms. Although I do seem to know where things are!
>
> Desired situation: Something a little more organised :-)

I have found that 'being organised' is incompatable with being a 'hacker' ;-)

>
> I can't decide whether to try and keep things related to each manufacturer
> together (hardware, manuals, software, cables, spares etc.), or to keep like
> objects together (cables regardless of what machine they're for, spares all in
> one place etc.).

I tend to mix the 2 schemes. Generic parts (resistors, TTL chips, RS232
cables, etc) are kept 'like with like'. Specific parts (complete/bare
PCBs, chassis parts, etc) are kept by machine.

-tony
Received on Mon Sep 15 2003 - 20:26:15 BST