[rescue] storing old Suns and parts

[Dave McGuire]

   That's what divorce attorneys are for.

            -Dave

On 4/11/26 14:28, John Hudak via rescue wrote:
> Just an observation from personal experience...reasonable spouses can 
> become unreasonable.  My PDP 8/E in a full size rack has followed me 
> from grad school (in my apt) and joined along the way by a collection of 
> PDP 11/34s, 73's and assortment of uVax'es (4000/300 and high 
> performance graphics stations) into our house with a good size basement 
> and garage.  As we have an eye to downsizing at this point in life, that 
> question that has become the forcing function is 'what are you going to 
> do with all those machines??? (she is, btw an advanced degree CS major). 
> and the corollary  'You don't turn them on anymore, or if you do, it 
> becomes more of fixing them rather than doing anything with them'.  
>   Hmmm logic vs emotion/enjoyment.   Answers still TBD......(the answer 
> of 'one of these days' begins to sound hollow after many years....)  To 
> each their own....
> 
> Prying the logic analyzer pod ' from my cold dead hands'....lol
> John
> 
> 
> On Sat, Apr 11, 2026 at 8:22 AM Dave McGuire via rescue 
> <rescue at sunhelp.org <mailto:rescue at sunhelp.org>> wrote:
> 
>         You're hanging out with the wrong crowd. ;)  We meet people at LSSM
>     all the time, including just yesterday, who have a great interest in
>     all
>     of these systems.
> 
>         Maybe there's some way to get the word out.  The hard part would be
>     weeding out the scumbags who will turn around and put stuff on eBay.
> 
>         One thing I've noticed, though, is that a lot of them are college
>     students who have no space.  The disturbing trend of people living with
>     their parents until well into adulthood isn't making that situation any
>     better.  So it becomes important to catch people after they have become
>     established as adults and have a little space, but before they marry
>     unreasonable spouses (as they invariably do) won't let them own
>     anything
>     that they want to own.  There's a narrow window there.
> 
>                     -Dave
> 
>     -- 
>     Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
>     New Kensington, PA
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA