sad to report...

['Computer Collector Newsletter']

 Hmm, the closest local computer museum would be ours here in the MARCH
club.  John -- see my off-list reply please.

-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Jules Richardson
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 11:29 AM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: sad to report...

William Donzelli wrote:
>> my company that i work for has just decommissioned an hp9000 system 
>> for scrap and 11 dec vt420's circa 1991, unopened, with keyboards.
>> they did not give option on taking them or buying them =/ don't you 
>> hate it when the bean counters get involved because they think the 
>> scrappers will not be jerks and resell what they get instead of doing 
>> their jobs and just scrapping it and keeping it from the employees 
>> for personal use?
> 
> The problem tends to be the employees reselling the surplus. And after 
> that, little underground networks within the company form up to make 
> sure that certain items are decommissioned and go to certain 
> employees. You can see where this is going.

If it's not too late, see if you can get a local museum on board to do the
negotiating; maybe it will get the point across that the idea is to preserve
this stuff - not sell it on to make a fast buck.

cheers

Jules