19 Apr
2011
19 Apr
'11
2:38 p.m.
On Tue, 19 Apr 2011, Richard wrote:
On thinning: one way you can thin your collection is
to remove a whole
line of collecting. For instance, I have a few microcomputers that
I've acquired that aren't exactly terminal or graphics related.
(These are the two areas that I actively collect.) So for me, those
would be the first things to go.
This is actually one of the prime things I'm looking at. Case in point.
Old PC, Mac, and Sun HW, much of this can be thined out.
My key interests are DEC & Commodore systems. Though I think I want to keep
the Apple ][ HW as well (or at least some of it). It's likely that some of
the DEC HW might even be headed out the door. Some of the "rare" stuff I'd
like to sell off (things like the Lisa 2/5). I've spent way, way to much on
this junk over the past 14 years. The worst wasn't the cost of aquiring it,
but rather the cost of storing it! Up until mid-2009, it was in storage
units.
I would be interested in hearing what kind of
terminals you'd like to
unload, of course :-).
All terminals fall between the DEC VT100 and VT420. As I might have
mentioned in another post, I will actually need several, so need to
determine which are excess.
Zane