13 Oct
2010
13 Oct
'10
10:05 a.m.
I've narrowed my collecting interests outside of Atari specifically to
only Mindset and Corvus, though I drool over something like a Xerox
Alto, I just can't dedicate the time and space for another orphan and I
have to stay focused.... otherwise I'll never get the core work I want
to do done, plus if my wife sees me haul another major classic computing
item or arcade machine into the house, I'm gonna be sleeping out in the
shed :-)
Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 13 Oct 2010 at 12:42, Teo Zenios wrote:
The usual where would you put it, how much money
would you have to
shell out to buy it and ship it, and once here what exactly would you
do with it?
There are many old machines that are worth preserving but are better
off in a museum then in somebody's cluttered basement left to rot. I
can see snagging that unit just to learn how it worked and
refurbishing it, but eventually a museum should probably get it unless
somebody really has a use for it. How rare are they anyway?
Pretty much my feeling. I look at the not-to-distant time when I'll
have to move and downsize, or worse yet, just plain die and folks
will have to select the most expeditious way to dispose of what I
have.
I no longer accept any vintage gear unless it's small and unusual and
I can think of a use for it. Let the museums and folks with
warehouse space have the stuff.
Anybody want a NEC Spinwriter? I gave in to a moment of weakness and
took it in. Now it sits in my shop, neglected.
--Chuck