13 Nov
2007
13 Nov
'07
7:11 p.m.
In article <m1Irih4-000J3cC at p850ug1>,
ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) writes:
Which is exactly what I said...
[...] That's why I have the machine after
all.
Yes, that's why *you* have the machine.
Where the snobbery comes in is when you poo-poo the reasons why
*other* people have their machines, just like you did in this post.
Now wait a second. Just becasue I don't actively approve of something
does not mean I disapprove of it. A typical on-topic example would be
'emulaotrs' I have little interest in running them myself, but they are
obviously very important for the preservation of classic computer
software.
However, I am saddened by a classic computer that will never be turned on
again. Computers are not fine art, they are machines that should be run
(and for that matter, I feel that fine are should be viewed, not stored
in a vault).
If you don't ahve the skills or interest to restore a machine, well,
that's fine. But I really don't see the point of having a policy of never
using anything, of never looking inside anything, and so on. But then I
don't invest my money in classic computers.
-tony