6 Aug
2008
6 Aug
'08
3:25 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Duell" <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: Computer collectors are no longer the dweebiest people in the
Am I the only 'collector' who doesn't much
care about the value of the
items hi his colelction? I collect things becuase I'm interested in them,
I find them beautiful (in a somewhat odd way, I can appreciate the good
design in a PDP11 or HP98x0 CPU, for example). I don't collect in the
hope that I'll be able to sell them later for more money.
-tony
I hope that my collection is worth enough when I die that it offsets the
cost of disposal of the CRTs I am keeping. Would hate to die and leave
somebody with a bill for cleanup.
It is more fun to collect things that are not worth that much. If you had a
$250K guitar would you leave it in your room and play it all the time or
would it end up in some expensive display case hidden from view incase
somebody wanted to steal it? How many people with original Apple I's would
run them very often if at all?
TZ