[Coco] [Color Computer] update

[proteanthread]

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.