24 Jan
2010
24 Jan
'10
12:48 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: <js at cimmeri.com>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: Museums
Excellent point. Which leads to wonder if only the
early computers --
when development moved slower and there were far fewer models in
existence -- will remain the collectible ones. I don't see any
computers in most of the 90's, and none at all from 2000 onwards that I'd
ever want to collect. Wonder how others feel? Will a Dell PC ever be
collectible? Are Apples the only ones that might stand a chance? Are
all computers now merely appliances with zero personality?
John Singleton
I think the 90's will be collectable because of the history and variety of
3D Video (and somewhat sound) revolution in gaming. There are quite a few
companies (many no longer around) that were involved in that era, and people
will want vintage machines to run those cards in.
Check out this link for example:
http://www.maximumpc.com/print/6338
The fact that recycling started getting serious in that time frame I bet
that the supply of those machines (and each generation after) will be quite
small by the time people show interest.
It seems people are hunting down 386/486 machines now, and they are getting
harder to find even if they were made in the millions. I see P2/P3 machines
recycled in the 100's each month where I live. Recently Goodwill got a deal
with DELL to recycle old computers for free (including monitors), so that
will just speed up the process of recycling since people do not even have to
pay a token amount anymore. I suspect in a decade CRT monitors will be hard
to find in working condition.