Clasiccmp Wiki

Now, hold the horses, I don't want to put you down, but first of all, we don't need another 3-5 new computers lists and collectors lists. It's completely useless to have lots of ego-database projects. Better join an existing: first of all, there's already Tizianos great list and collectors data base, now at http://www.1000bit.net/ (formerly known as Il mio angelo - My Angel :) He has redone his website during this summer, and it's most definitly worth to give it a try. To my knowledge it's the largest existing cooperative project in this area. If your unhappy with some features, just tell him, and I bet he will update them soon. Second, our beloved friend an all time hot shoot Sallam is tries to setup a similar system on his vintage market place. So, if a european source is suspect to you, go ahead and see what he has in mind. Last but not least, the question was rather about a Wiki, not just a computer list (Hans Pufahls CCCC is still, and maybe will ever, be the largest around). A Wikipedia is ment as an encyclopedia, and as such a resource of everything, not just computers. Of course we might go ahead an do our own little thing ... and let the rest of the world pass us, or we join and tell others about our knowledge. Just think where Jane Doe will look out for information. At some tiny geek site, or the webs (and worlds) largest comperehensive encyclopedia (*1), a place that she already uses whenever she would have taken a book in the ages before the web? wikipedia.org already houses some quite extensive information about classic machinery. Just check Atari, Osborne or DEC http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_Computer_Corporation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Equipment_Corporation And unlike a narrow, just computer based list, entering Osborne shows the full portential of an encyclopedia of everything. So to me, there's no real decision to be made - just join (both projects) and offer your knowledge directly to the world. Gruss H. *1 - Just recently I heared that wikipedia surpasses the actual issue of the encyclopedia Britanica in terms of size (words) and topics -- VCF Europa 5.0 am 01./02. Mai 2004 in Muenchen http://www.vcfe.org/