3 Aug
2001
3 Aug
'01
8:25 p.m.
On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Gunther Schadow wrote:
Well, I haven't watched the szene until april/may
this year, but I'm
not too confident that prices are dropping. Actually I think we ought
to keep a low profile in order to keep this classic computer stuff
from becoming a fad. Things like newspaper features will eventually
hurt us, because the one main issue with classic computer stuff is
that it's rare.
It just gets more people involved, which means more people searching for
the same amount of stuff. Isn't that what you really mean? :)
In conclusion, I really think that newspaper features
about vintage
computing and conferences with lots of publicity do hurt the vintage
computer hobbyist because they invite people who merely have money to
spend on a fad.
Ok, I won't advertise the VCF anymore so that the existing hobbyists won't
know about it. In fact, I'm going underground with it. Let's turn this
into a Secret Society so that we can hoard all the computers for
ourselves.
I'll start working on a Secret Handshake.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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