MOS Technology buildings to be demolished!

[alexh]

I would expect there will be nothing there at all, no office furniture, nothing.

You'll never get official access, the health and safety not to mention insurance problems would be huge.

If you "break in" if there are any chips they are likely to be in IC trays.



Take care if there are any IC wafers, they are very sharp if broken and are very toxic.

[alexh]

BilHerd wrote:
OMG, we used to hurl these at each other!

Heh. Perhaps I was toeing the Health and Safety line a little too much, but a friend took one home and his kid broke it and proceeded to cut their hands trying to clean it up. From then on all wafers given away had to be first sealed in perspex.

The wafers are made using some nasty chemicals, I am sure the risk is nominal, but I have always avoided "licking" them ;-)

[alexh]

Perhaps if your angle was you were writing a story about the end of an era and would be promoting the velodrome then maybe they would provide you with an escorted visit?

No such thing as bad publicity.

You'd have to work on your cover story a bit. Sell it to them.

If they still say no. Send them an example of a few headlines like

"Velodrome to re-CYCLE historical Commodore brownfield site"

OR

"Velodrome to be built on legacy Toxic Waste dump. Are our children safe?"

I think they might offer you a look around given the latter of the two headlines ;-)

[alexh]

Someone definitely pays for the groundwork there. The trees are nicely trimmed and the grass cut.

Hardly the ground zero I was expecting from the 10 years of abandonment and the EPA website about the place.

Did you take any closeups?

[alexh]

http://s278.photobucket.com/albums/kk105/chuckamiga/Amiga%20Pics/?action=view¤t=CommodoreMOS015.jpg

This is the first picture that makes the place look abandoned. They've pulled up the grids and added concrete blocks so that you cannot get to the car park by the looks of things.

But hey, the flags are still flying, and they dont look too tattered or weathered as they would after 10 years of being out.

[alexh]

There wont be anything inside. And even if there was, do you think you could help yourself if you were being toured?

Maybe you can skip dive in the evenings/weekends when the demolition begins.