11 Sep
2011
11 Sep
'11
11:09 a.m.
On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:42:42 +0100 (BST), ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony
Duell) wrote:
Yes, you're
right, there are some people who appear to collect as an
investment. Personally I think there arre safer things to invest your
money in, and I think that classic computer hardware is much more
interesting when it is put into operation.
Oh, absolutely, why can't they just collect gold or something and leave
the old cameras, computers and so on to those who actually take an
interest in the things.
/Jonas
Sure, it;s the HP9866A
...
Amazing what can be done in 32 bytes...
You know full well that financial value is not a
reason for collecting
something.
Unfortunately that is not the case for those transatlantic gentlemen
who
spend their time on eBay buying "rare gold computer chips" for insane
amounts of money, driving up the prices for the rest of us :-(