11 Nov
2005
11 Nov
'05
5:28 p.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
I'm not really a collector (at least not a 'stamp collector' :-)) but as
a hardware hacker, I tend to be interested in unusual/clever hardware
designs. Not just processors, peripherals can often be very interesting too.
That's why I have a few PERQs (very unusual CPU), and like HP stuff. HP
(at least in the 70's and early 80s) did some very intereting stuff, and
it was always very well put together.
I have little interest in yet-another-home-computer-with-corners-cut.
-tony
On 11/10/2005 at 8:49 PM Jules Richardson wrote:
Me too - but people often get tied to a particular manufacturer for
nostalgia reasons. I suppose the name Sinclair is closely tied to the
early days of the
home computer boom, and at least in the UK people will think of his
products before the likes of Commodore or Apple.
I don't know--if I were a collector (and I'm not--the junk just accumulates
here without me trying), I'd be looking for not-very common items.