24 Jan
2010
24 Jan
'10
8:46 a.m.
On Sunday 24 January 2010, js at cimmeri.com wrote:
Another question is whether old computers will have
the same
popularity as they have now (whatever that level of popularity is
now). Will interest go up over time, or will it go down as the
people that grew up with those models are replaced by people who did
not? I would hazard the guess that most people are most fond of
the machines they grew up with.. and then second, those that at
least existed during their lifetimes, and then lastly, a sharp drop
off for those that existed prior to their lifetimes. That pattern
could change some due to machines having gotten so much smaller
starting in the 70's.
Some of the people on this list are pre-dated by most of the "classic"
computers that they collect, and are more interested in the history
aspect, and less so in the "I want to hoard machines that I grew up
with" aspect. I guess I fall somewhere in the middle of those two.
Pat
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