12 Nov
2009
12 Nov
'09
4:33 p.m.
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 7:20 PM, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
Sure, so do I, and so do many others here. I think the
point is that we
(or at least I) don't have 40 or 50 almost indentical machines. OK, it's
reasonable to have multiple instances of the same machine to use for
spares, or to netowrk together, or because there are different models
that look similar, but not 40 or 50 of them (at least not in most cases...)
Yeah, this guy had 40 or 50 apple 2Es, 15 2GSs that I could see, maybe 20 or
30 mac LCs, etc. I have two 2GSs and two Amiga 2000s, etc. I can see
easily ending up with a couple dozen or more examples of certain machines
that I'd like to have, plus a spare or two, or even several identical
models, but with different configurations. Beyond that, I have to question
why one person would need all of these without extenuating circumstances,
like trying to start a retro computer business, or maybe for a museum or
something (who knows, maybe he is). As it it, it appears that it's only
serving to keep a large number of machines out of circulation. I'd love to
have a clean working Laserwriter 2. He had 8 or 10 stacked up. I almost
never see them on ebay (maybe my saved searches are filtering them out
though). No ill will though. I wish I had his collection. I'm sure my
wife is glad I don't. :-)
brian