S100 haul

[Vintage Computer Festival]

On Wed, 27 Apr 2005, Jules Richardson wrote:

> We picked up a van load at the weekend - 19 Horizons (another 3 are on
> the way!), 9 Minstrels, a Cromemco (I forget which!), and an imperial
> buttload (artistic licence :) of S100 spares.

Good Lord!  That's a lot of Horizons!  Never heard of the Minstrel but it
looks keen.

> This was from a house where the old chap had died recently - to say he
> was a bit of a hoarder was an understatement. The house was floor to
> ceiling with computers, docs, software, newspapers, books, photos,
> videos. Unfortunately the chap's son who was there with us was paranoid
> about there being sensitive information buried in everything, so 90% of
> the docs and disks had to be left behind - ditto with most of the
> components and test gear as he was worried they'd still be on the books
> from the guy's old business and he'd be liable if they were released.

Ugh!  Luddites!!  The bane of computer collectors the world over.

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Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage Computer Festival
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