24 Sep
1997
24 Sep
'97
7:57 a.m.
On Wed, 24 Sep 1997, Jeff Kaneko wrote:
> The other is, that in other things generally
considered "collectible"
> (such as automobiles, for example) it is considered acceptable to
> have some non-original equipment installed, provided it is correct
> for the period (and that the added stuff in of itself is historic).
>
> But I think this only holds to a point: the system board and power
> supply would probly best kept 'stock', but one of those Quadram 8086
> add in boards would be definitely cool, for instance.
All this talk about what will be considered collectable is most
interesting. Being the curious type, I am going to bring up an original
stock IBM PC to sell (or trade) at the VCF. A friend of mine and I are
going up and taking one of the spots with power to sell and trade off
triplicates in my collection and duplicates in his. I say "triplicates"
since I always like two pieces of each piece of hardware (if I can find
them.) The VCF sure looks like a great opportunity to meet other collectors
and fill in pieces of our collections!