defining 'vintage'

I have quite a few commodity machines in the basement for no other reason then I collect AGP video gaming cards and need something to run them in. AGP is dead and obsolete just like Nubus, MCA, PCIX, ISA, EISA, VLB and I collect that stuff as well. Trust me 5-15 year old commodity equipment will be collectable just like commodity 386 machines especially when the vast majority of it is being recycled before it gets stuffed into an attic. A 286-8 CPU will pretty much last forever, a 3.8Ghz P4 HT CPU will not just because of ion migration from the heat. Heck there are tons of AGP gaming cards that are dead now while I have never pulled an ISA/VLB card out of a dusty stack that didn't work. If anything the shift from bulky desktops to laptops for general use will shift the hobby from collecting desktops to laptops in the next few decades or so (good luck finding mint working P4M laptops by then). I also think people will be living in smaller homes (and maybe more apartments) down the road as wages drop more, so peoples collections will need to take up less space. You people sound like old farts who think no car made after the Model T will be collectable or worth anything. Different generations will collect different era machines for different reasons. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mouse" <mouse at rodents-montreal.org> To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 8:15 PM Subject: Re: defining 'vintage'