11 Feb
2002
11 Feb
'02
5:19 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: Lawrence Walker [mailto:lgwalker@mts.net]
Sent: 05 February 2002 06:00
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Taking control of your collection
How do YOU limit your collection when you aren't a Sellam, John Keys
and others with warehouse space. Seriously. It must be a problem that
many of you have made a decision on, even when it wasn't your S.O.
giving an ultimatum. Any guidelines ? Be stern.
Fortunately for me I've got an understanding gf who also packrats stuff :) I
was supposed to be limited to one room in the house, but sharp filled up
that, then the room next to it, then a spare room on the ground floor, then
the garage, then a small storage room then a much bigger storage room, and
now that I've got 500sq ft to play with who knows what's going to happen!
I only have 1 rule; since I'm going to be exhibiting I keep the
best/cleanest machine and pass on/sell the others. Obviously this gets
broken for machines I'm exploring/fixing/hacking, or with stuff I think will
be good for trades. Machines I'll collect till I stop are things like Lisas,
Enterprise64/128, Memotechs etc - things I really *really* wanted when I was
younger and which never quite 'made it' in the real world.
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