29 Apr
1997
29 Apr
'97
2:37 a.m.
On Mon, 28 Apr 1997, Bill Whitson wrote:
These are the guys that scare me. Did he at least know how to use some
of his machines?
It would be a very good idea to make sure you have
your
collection nicely filled out before you do this. After
the media tags 40 sec report to the end of a few news
broadcasts Apple IIs really will cost $400. ;) ;)
Media damage control will be foremost in my mind. I realize no matter
what you tell a reporter, they'll always turn your words around 180
degrees and the story will end up being about how we repair broken
computers or something equally banal.
Maybe
you'll be able to buy a house with an Altair.
A while back I bought a spare
CompuPro from a guy who
collected computers as a curiosity. He was getting
rid of the machine because it didn't fit in with the
rest of the collection (wasn't an all-in-one micro).
He didn't use the machines - just displayed them. It
scares me that there are people who collect computers
for looks and scares me more that they might find out
that these things are "hot collectibles". :) The guy
did have a really nice display though - hand-built
wood shelving with various risers and built-in lights
cartridge/disk/manual racks, etc. When exactly did it become cool to be a computer
geek?
Wasn't there a time when people posessing large numbers
of computers were ridiculed in public?
Yeah, but then people realized a lot of computer geeks make a lot of
money, and they stopped laughing at them.
Sam
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