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In article <20060315214012.9E453581D5 at mail.wordstock.com>, bpope at wordstock.com (Bryan Pope) writes: In all fairness, the show proposal wasn't *just* about vintage computing gear, but more generally about scrounging for anything vintage. Architectural fixtures (door knobs, latches, hinges, etc.), collectible memorabilia like Coke stuff and gasoline station signs and so-on. While I think this could be interesting, its been my experience that networking with other collectors is much more productive than dumpster diving or scrounging around buildings that are about to be demolished. (Well, maybe if I was interested in the architectural stuff, it would be good to have a relationship with the local demolition company, but it would be more of a professional relationship than a random excursion.) I find that e-bay is much more productive for me than dumpster diving or scrounging, because the latter takes up so much time. Time is my scarcest resource. When I was a teenager/high school student, I had much more time for such things and we did occasionally dumpster dive, but the most we found were some interesting printouts with customer data on them :-). I think nowadays all that stuff would be sent through a shredder before being dumped in the trash, if at all. Its not a bad premise for a show, but I think its about 15-20 years too late. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline"-- code samples, sample chapter, FAQ: <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/> Pilgrimage: Utah's annual demoparty <http://pilgrimage.scene.org>