Bill Deg. wrote: >> I keep giving away good ideas and then they're taken without giving me credit The short comment is, "He's right." And that should be rectified. Since day 1 of MARCH -- around fall 2004 -- Bill has been my top adviser. Various MARCH and then VCFed officers have come/gone, but Bill's always been there to give us great ideas and help me understand ways to improve my own ideas. Repair workshops were Bill's idea. (I said they wouldn't succeed.) The holiday party was Bill's idea. (I said nobody would go.) A sales area at VCF East was Bill's idea. (I said it would be too difficult.) Hands-on restorations of the museum items were largely Bill's idea. (I said we couldn't pull it off.) The list goes on... I hope to learn my lesson one of these decades, which is "Listen to Bill." Creating a library of open-source vintage computing parts * IS * a good idea. Bill: if you'd like to lead the effort then you have my support.