26 Apr
2007
26 Apr
'07
2:35 a.m.
It was thus said that the Great Steve Robertson once stated:
Tis a shame, I moved from Fort Lauderdale about two
years ago. AFAIK, there
are no other "serious" collectors left in that area. There were a couple of
other list members in the Miami area (their names escape me) but, I don't
believe they are actively collecting.
I did respond to Jay when he posted, but I have yet to actually contact
the journalist directly. I don't really collect computers anymore (no
space, and more importantly, Lake Worthless Utilities extracts a premium to
resell Florida Periodic Light) and my interests are really more into
software (operating systems and computer languages) and history.
You know... It's really surprising that the Boca
Raton area, the birth place
of the PC, has so few collectors.
When IBM pulled out of Blue Lake [1], so did a lot of people, with the PC
division being split between Texas and North Carolina.
And don't forget, there's only a few days per year when we can use our old
computers as space heaters---most of the time, we have to get rid of the
heat ...
-spc (Really like that molecule building ... )
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