I tried that but:
Claude.W wrote:
Hi
I also have accumulated many machines, but I have the following rules to
keep control of the space it uses:
-Only 1 copy of a machine. Keep the best & cleanest. Trash, sell or giveaway
duplicates. I was keeping extra for trades but find they take up too much
space.
I was going to apply that to my "collection", but my NeXT cubes and Sun
are different maxchines, Dimension with floppy, Dimension without floppy
but with OD, non-
Dimension cube, color turbo slab, non-turbo slab. And without a spare,
if one goes down, I'd loses information since I really use them on a
daily basis for "real" work.
-No matching printers for each system. I abandonned printers long time ago
or it just takes up too much space.
NeXT printers are different and they realy don't take up that much room
do they? ;-)
-No books. Only one or 2 max complete reference per system. Or then it gets
outta control.
I can agree with that
-No magaziness
-Only 1 or 2 peripherals like floppy drives and such....I dont try to get
every peripheral for each system...
But it's not a complete system without all the bells and whistles
-Only 1 "branded monitor" model per system. Monitors use a lotta space.
-If its a vintage system your not going to "use/play with" : then keep very
Specialize in something that uses different fixed frequency montior and
it's easier to talk yourself into the fact that you really "need" three
NeXT 21" monitors.
little software for each system, only maybe an OS and a few utils, games
etc...just to "show it off"
I aleays tell Ronda (SO) that software really doesn't take that much
room, ya know
-Get many shelves, nice ones.
I totally agree, and I finally convinced Ronda that her Volvo really
doesn't "need" to park in the garage
-Frequent cleanings....I do major ones at least 5 times a year a throw out a
bunch of stuff....you have to stop saying "yes but I might use it someday"
at one point and go more like "Whats the chance I am realling gonna use this
again or is this really worth keeping"?
PC stuff is easy to dispose of....That's why I decided to specialize in
NeXT, Be, Sun, SGI stuff, at least it not as easy to find.
But thats just me...I cant stand a mess - at all...all my collection is in
matching sturdy "ABS" plasctic shelves that I bought brand new a few years
ago...this helps a lot!
Mine is neat, neatly sitting on desks, hooked up, hot, running and in
use. I've never had to turn on the heat in here all winter. I'm
thinking of adding a 2 ton a/c this spring, just for my "home office".
It's rather warm during Dallas summers.
Some people I find "accumulate in piles" more then "collect".
IMO...But I
think this was already the subject of much discussion and a very lenghty
thread...
Ronda put her foot down, no piles! But, she has very little room to
talk, she is the one that bought a litersal ton of party goods, greeting
cards and gift wrap at auction. She's breaking it up, packaging it in
small lots and moving it out on ebay.