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   well the list is up; opened up some more boxes today;   
   these were some of the heavier boxes, more than likely   
   books or monitors or odd systems; so far what i have   
   found is 3 of the 4 boxes contained books; however, 2   
   of the boxes so far appear to have gotten wet or   
   seriously damp; the books in those boxes were mostly   
   of the BASIC Programming Language (guides, programs,   
   etc.) of various systems (oddballs such as those from   
   tab, BBC Micro, Acorn, etc.); those are gone.  (some   
   are stuck together, others, the binding is gone)  i   
   know i did not store those like that and not sure how   
   the area got damp or wet (smells like mildew) as the   
   box doesn't appear to have been wet.  another box had   
   about 2 dozen intellivision cartridges (some with   
   radio shack logo on them for the clone made by radio   
   shack) which also appeared to have gotten wet (they   
   were in another area of the shed) as there is some   
   corrision on the contacts.  i live in a dry climate so   
   humidity is out of the question.   
      
   i was hoping to finish up the rest of the boxes by   
   this weekend but that doesn't look like its going to   
   happen.  what i'm gonna have to do and should have   
   done is selectively check each system for corrosion   
   and or power up a few systems here and there to make   
   sure something works.  :-(   
      
   the 2 problems i am facing:  short on time and short   
   on space.  it'd have been nice to have opened up all   
   these boxes in a wharehouse type enviorment. lol.   
      
   i'll keep ya'll posted thru the link i supplied   
   earlier.   
      
   they say that there is a silverlining in every rain   
   cloud; i certainly hope thats true here.-Jeff   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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