[NJARC] Computer Destroyed in Fire

[John Ruccolo]

Hi John,

Gee, it's as if I had criticized the Boy Scouts or the ARRL or something. ;-)

If the purpose of this reflector is not for a free exchange of ideas and opinions, than what is it for?

My point was that this was not your "typical" barn full of Zeniths and Philcos and Hallicrafters and Heathkits. That loss would have been bad enough, but this was much more unique. The Burrroughs (And what else did he have???? Please let us know....) should have been stored in a *secure*, *fire-resistant* environment. Meaning that it should have been donated (or sold) to a museum years ago.

The Burroughs is a great loss to the vintage computing community.

I meant no disrespect to your friend Mr. Kagan. The barn is a great loss for all of us who are interested in vintage electronics, in all its forms -- including computers.

JR



--- On Tue, 12/8/09, John Dilks K2TQN <oldradio at worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> From: John Dilks K2TQN <oldradio at worldnet.att.net>
> Subject: Re: [NJARC] Computer Destroyed in Fire
> To: "John Ruccolo" <jr6v6gt at yahoo.com>, "NJARC" <njarc at mailman.qth.net>, "Ray Chase" <raydio862 at verizon.net>
> Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 4:17 AM
> 
> John,
> 
> Lighten up.  You were critical.
> 
> I knew that the Borroughs and many other items were
> there.  It was a huge loss for history. Klaude is a
> long time friend of mine of 35 years now.  Several
> years ago he offered me some things, very large things,
> which required storage. I didn't have that kind of room or
> money to handle it.  I wanted one of the big items for
> Infoage, but it was at the time when Fred was not sure if he
> would really get the project off the ground.  Time
> passed, and I was incapable of accepting this item, then I
> was too tired to physically get it, and now that is gone
> also.
> 
> So blame me too, and a few others.  Leave Klaude
> alone, you know nothing about him.
> 
> 73, John
> 
> At 08:57 PM 12/7/2009, John Ruccolo wrote:
> > The Burroughs 205 should have been in the Smithsonian,
> or some other museum. That's a damn shame -- I don't mean to
> be critical, but Mr. Kagan should have realized the historic
> value of his equipment and found it a *proper* home years
> ago.
> 
>