In Memoriam: Sipke de Wal (collection disposition)

From: Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
Date: Fri May 14 18:57:47 2004

>
> Fred wrote...
> > It is with great sadness that I have to announce the sudden and very
> > untimely death of Sipke de Wal (the Xgistor) of Noordwijk, The
> > Netherlands.
>
> Very sad. My thoughts are with him and his family.

Indeed. My condolences, too, to his family.

>
> It does make me think... what should happen to my prized/cherished
> collection if I die suddenly. On the one hand, I'd prefer it to go free to
> listmembers who have helped me over the years, not the local smelter. On the
> other hand, my wife has put up with the hobby for so long - and bit her lip
> often when I spent "her" money on collection items. I would definitely want
> some money for the collection or parts of it (my gorgeous dual bay 8E and
> dual bay HP2000 would no doubt fetch "serious" money) to go to my wife. Just

I have let my parents (who house my collection) that if anything should
happen to me, they are to get in touch with one of my friends (Philip
Belben, who used to be on this list) and that he can do essentially what
he likes with my computers, cameras, tools, test gear, etc.

He is heavily into old computers (and for that matter photography) and
would realise that while the box of old PC motherboards is not
particularly valuable, the boxes of M-series and R-series flip-chip cards
most certainly are (I don't necessarily mean 'valuable' in the sense that
they can be exchanged for money, rather that they are worth saving for
restoring old computers). And that some things, like my box of HP41
modules -- which contains 2 ZenROMs amongst other things -- are well worth
grabbing.

-tony
Received on Fri May 14 2004 - 18:57:47 BST