14 Oct
2010
14 Oct
'10
2:44 p.m.
Teo Zenios wrote:
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.
There are cases where that's true - but I know how museums can't possibly
display everything that they have, can't afford to completely restore
everything, can't afford to keep everything in perfect storage conditions
etc., so sometimes I think that things are far better off in private hands, if
they can go to someone who will look after a system, or fix it, or make sure
it eventually passes on to a good home.
(I often think that the downside of ebay is that an item goes to the person
with the deepest pockets, and they're not necessarily the best person to treat
an item nicely)
cheers
Jules