25 Nov
1999
25 Nov
'99
1:52 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: Merle K. Peirce <at258(a)osfn.org>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Thursday, November 25, 1999 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: LET'S RESOLVE THIS ISSUE
On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, John Foust wrote:
store
We should be thankful we collect things that fit
in rooms. The farmer
across the road collects tractors. I think he's got 20 or so filling
his pole shed, packed as tight as sardines.
I know some fellows that collect Mack trucks. they bought a factory to the unrestored ones, and filled in the empty space with
flathead V- Ford
trucks. Compared to that sort of thing, those big Vaxes don't seem that
big. After all, to a large degree things are relative. A Universe or a
Dual is large compared to ZX-81, but small compared to a PDP-9.
Computer equipment *must* be stored without moisture and be maintained at a
certain tempature to retain any kind of value at all. I can't sell rusted
boards... Climate control, dehumidifiers are expensive in large factories..
(if not impossible).
Mack Trucks have a much higher resale value than any 10 Vaxes together I
know...
It's also relative to *what* it is...
john
M. K.
Peirce Rhode Island
Computer Museum, Inc. 215 Shady Lea Road, North Kingstown, RI 02852
"Casta est qui nemo rogavit."
- Ovid