19 Apr
2011
19 Apr
'11
2:50 p.m.
On Tue, 19 Apr 2011, Richard wrote:
On thinning: one way you can thin your collection is to remove a whole
> line of collecting. For instance, I have a few
microcomputers that
> I've acquired that aren't exactly terminal or graphics related.
> (These are the two areas that I actively collect.) So for me, those
> would be the first things to go.
This is something I've been thinking about a lot lately and I think
Richard has the right idea -- eliminating entire lines or similar is an
easier to way to delineate it.
My biggest issue right now is that I *never* have time to mess around
with my collection and, due to work and parenting duties, I do not
forsee a time in the near future when I'll be able to get back to it,
and by that time, I'll probably need the flexibility of NOT having the
huge collection. So I want to eliminate all but a few choice or
meaningful machines if possible.
So....how do I get it whittled down to only a few machines? That is my
ponderance. I have too much heart for these old systems and the
knowledgebase to simply recycle them, but I live in the middle of
nowhere, Iowa, which ensures that other interested peoples is pretty
thin if existing at all.
Anyone within driving distance that wants to bring a trailer and have a
free-for-all? :)
It's something for us all to ponder -- at some point, each of us will
want to divest our collections in one fashion or another. I'm pretty
sure there's a right and a wrong way about it, it's just a matter of
figuring it out.
Nathan