17 May
1999
17 May
'99
1:06 p.m.
I do then same every user or technical manual I see I buy it or ask for if
someone is throwing it out. It does not matter the age or newness of the
manual. John
-----Original Message-----
From: CLASSICCMP-owner(a)u.washington.edu
[mailto:CLASSICCMP-owner@u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of Brian Mahoney
Sent: Monday, May 17, 1999 9:59 PM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: Re: Collecting PCs
Good comments. Might not elicit much response but I thought I
would add mtc.
A plain Vic 20 would be tough to give away but a Vic 20 in its
original box
with some 'options' would interest me, and I have three already.
As for disdain, I can't figure it out unless some folks feel that
collectors
will drive up the prices somehow, as they have in just about
everything else.
But collectors also define what is 'collectible' and for anyone who has
subscribed to this group for any length of time, you will see
that virtually
everything about computers is collectible ... to someone.
Two side comments, hopefully to illustrate something. 1. Boat
motor collectors
insist that antique boat motors are worthless. They probably are
worthless to
anyone but boat motor collectors. Ditto for computers. 2. I once emailed a
person about some hand puppets I have, knowing that he recently
bought one.
Turns out he didn't collect hand puppets but he did collect
'wolf' items, and
the puppet he bought was a wolf. So your list of collectible
items makes sense,
but then someone could just as well collect all the different ICs
that are out
there, too.
My feeling is that there might be a lot of hardware out there,
but there seems
to be a lack of documentation, both oem and third party. Now, if I see a
manual, I pick it up hoping that one day I will either be able to offer
assistance or be able to match the hardware to the book.
Comments?
Brian
Chuck McManis wrote:
The general disdain with which PC collecting is
met with on this list is
understandable, however, I have been thinking there must be
something here.
I recall the folks who have collected PETs and C64s that are
pretty common
and "worthless" these days (I saw a new
Vic20 in box at the
Hamvention that
they couldn't _give_ away.)
So I've had some thoughts on what might be useful to "collect"
when
it came
to the PC industry and this is what I've come
up with:
1) All motherboard types - collecting one each of the "standard"
sizes (AT, XT, Baby-AT, etc)
2) Collecting one each of all processor types.
3) Collecting one each of all media types.
4) Collecting all of the video standards.
5) "Famous brands", IBM, Compaq, etc.
6) "Famous peripherals", Bus mouse, XT keyboard, AT
keyboard,
etc
This is something that anyone could start today since, like the
computers
of yore, this stuff is currently being tossed
out.
Comments?
--Chuck
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