5 Mar
2001
5 Mar
'01
10:20 a.m.
a learning lab or museum to save *everything*?
Isn't some
software or hardware more valuable than others?
The problem is almost everyone is a poor judge of what has value in 5, 10,
20 years. Goals and requirements of a non powered museum, which I frankly
think is NUTS for computers, are very different from the sort of serious
spares etc. program a running museum would need.
The fair way, we all compete openly for what we want. People need to be
educated on museum practices and requirements, but I suggest "most"
enthusiasts make good pre-museum holding areas. Most of us are going to not
only preserve, but often repair and/or locate spares for a nice toy, and
when we are done we look first to the best place for it to go to.