Housing collections

[Jim Leonard]

Richard wrote:
>>I have had a TERRIBLE problem with mice out in the garage.  I've
>>learned that you NEVER put a PC out there without blank card
>>brackets in ALL open card slots and drives installed in ALL open
>>media holes. [...]
>  
> This reminds me of an Apple ][ that was brought in for repair... these
> didn't have any real barrier in the back of the case where the slots
> were. Inside was a mouse nest :-)

In my case, it was spider's nests and smoke damage.  Maybe someone here 
will get a chuckle out of this:
http://www.oldskool.org/shrines/diary
Scroll to the end to see the "March 1991" and later entries.  Hey, I 
know it wasn't a PDP-8 or some goofy Cromemco hardware, but it was my 
first owned-by-me-not-the-university-or-library personal computer and it 
still holds a special place in my heart.
-- 
Jim Leonard (trixter at oldskool.org)
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