26 May
2000
26 May
'00
1:48 p.m.
On Fri, 26 May 2000, Mark Gregory wrote:
It seems to me that increasingly, social historians
and museums are more
interested in _how_ an artifact was used than in the thing itself. But
often , especially when I receive multiple examples of the same system, I
mix and match parts and programs to suit myself, and lose track of which
disk drive came with which CPU, which software was originally installed on
each, etc. Information is obviously being lost here.
I'd be interested to know what other list members are doing, and how
important you think the information being lost is.
In fact, this is a subject I have been thinking about recently and I'm
hoping to commission a talk for the next VCF. Any takers?
I keep the systems I receive intact, as long as they came from the
original owner. If I purchase something from a flea market or thrift
store, it is usually already separated from the of the unit, and even if
not, the context is lost. So I don't have problems with separating those
pieces or mixing and matching them with other systems.
As far as any books I receive with a computer, I have decided to separate
those out into my library, but note whom they came from. The same would
go for software.
Sellam International Man of Intrigue and Danger
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