[rescue] storing old Suns and parts

[Robert Toegel]

Yes, Dave.  But remember, marriage is grand, divorce is a hundred grand,
lol.

On Sat, Apr 11, 2026, 15:43 Dave McGuire via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org>
wrote:

>
>    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
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