I have been throwing out for a couple of years now.
I have yet to trash a box of magazines and regret it.

Perhaps I will empty the TRS-80 shelf today...

John Ferrell    W8CCW
"My Competition is not my enemy"
http://DixieNC.US

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marcel Duchamp" <marcel.duchamp@sbcglobal.net>
To: <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 6:44 PM
Subject: [ee] Cleaning the garage


> Today I started cleaning my garage, a task put off for many years.  I 
> won't even start to go into what got thrown out; I don't want to hear 
> how valuable it is and how it should be saved.  Data books? You can find 
> all pertinent data sheets on the web now.  Junk computers?  Cost lots to 
> ship and what have you got? Junk.
> 
> Reaching for a stack of literature, an old issue of "Dr. Dobb's" jumped 
> out in near perfect condition. Volume 1, number 7, August 1976. As it 
> was named then: dr. dobb's journal of COMPUTER Calisthenics & 
> Orthodontia - Running Light Without Overbyte.
> 
> It proved to be a time machine glimpse into the past. For example, an 
> article entitled: The Time for Floppy's is Just About Now! by the 
> editor. Details of a number of floppy disc subsystems, including one for 
> $995 (in 10-quantity).
> 
> -and-
> 
> Floating point routines for the 6502 by R. Rankin & S. Wozniak
> 
> Then in a letter to the editor, a complaint about bad service from THE 
> DIGITAL GROUP, a small wanna-be microcomputer company in Denver.  It 
> mentions a Gus Calabrese who stated they were swamped with orders. Could 
> this be same Gus as often writes to this list?  What it was like working 
> for one of the pioneer computer companies back in the day?
> 
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