Actually we want this Packard Bell
http://www.smecc.org/itemsklkljl;_3.jpg
for the computer display at SMECC!
Also want any promo material, artwork, manuals etc etc etc....
drop me a line offlist with a title of SMECC Packard Bell please
to _couryhouse at aol.com_ (mailto:couryhouse at
aol.com)
thisis what we are looking for
http://www.smecc.org/itemsklkljl;_3.jpg
In a message dated 7/1/2016 10:49:36 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
js at
cimmeri.com writes:
Computers don't (yet) have voting
rights. :-)
But you're defining "spirit" and listing
criteria by which a machine is
appropriate or not. A PS/2 with an
80386 running Windows 3.1 is acceptable,
whereas a Packard Bell with an 80386
running Windows 3.1 is not. Yeah, you
and I would cringe at a PB being
discussed, but maybe there's someone out
there who really is fond of their PB.
So as Terry ("Tezza") acknowledges,
terms like "landmark," "classic,"
"collectible" are subjective (but I
don't think "vintage" is subjective --
that term is usually set by age alone).
This is why it's just easier to use a
single criteria -- age -- and leave it
at that. Why is age acceptable
everywhere else in collecting, but not
here? Otherwise, someone (the list
owner?) has to pontificate over a list
of acceptable computers. Good luck with
that.
- J.
It seems that museums have traditionaly sought the best artifacts. I feel they should
also exhibit crap from time to time to remind visitors of history's wrong turns.
--
David Griffith
dave at