13 Mar
2011
13 Mar
'11
2:45 p.m.
At 7:17 PM +0000 3/13/11, Tony Duell wrote:
On a more genrarl point, why do namy collectors regard
old
printers/plotters/other peripherals as 'junk' while processorts from the
same vintage are 'interesting'? As I've said before, I'm very much a
hardware person, and can find interest in all sorts of odd hardware.
When it comes to plotters I think it's less a case of considering
them junk, and more a case of considering them rather troublesome and
large. :-) There is also the case of some of them using supplies
that really should be stored in a Hazmat locker. I still have at
least 3 or 4 old printers out in the garage. I also suspect most
collectors don't put as much value on being able to print from these
systems as you do.
Of the printers I have, two are DEC LA75's, I think I have a couple
Applewriters still, and I got a Commodore Printer finally last year,
along with a C1520 plotter (I was really happy about that, as I had
one for my VIC-20 in the 80's).
I have quite a selection of peripherals I've collected for Commodore
systems over the years. Some for DEC (or a *LOT* if you count
drives), and a couple for Apple ][, most of the Mac & PC peripherals
are ones I bought new for my own systems, and have simply hung onto
them.
Zane
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