15 Nov
2007
15 Nov
'07
11:18 a.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
I agree, in principle, but there are exceptions. I *prefer* a machine to work, but some
machines are of such beauty that I wouldn't part with them for the world even if they
didn't work. My SGI Crimson Jurassic Classic is one such example. Even if it were just
an empty shell, I'd still stick it in my living room as a side table. That monster is
just too beautiful not to have on display, and my particular machine has enough of a
history attached to it that it makes a historic artefact and a prime conversation piece.
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However, I am saddened by a classic computer that
will never be turned on
again. Computers are not fine art, they are machines that should be run
(and for that matter, I feel that fine art should be viewed, not stored
in a vault).
As much as Tony is a hardware guy, I'm a software guy on the other end
of the spectrum. And yet I wholeheartedly agree with this, to the point
where pretty much all of my hobbyist programming is done on old iron.
It's not enough that I use my old machines; I have to make them jump
through new hoops :-)