9 May
2001
9 May
'01
5:14 a.m.
Tony Duell skrev:
> I have nothing against restorations, though
obviously most
> people would rather find an original in perfect condition. The thing
I am not a collector in the normal sense of the world,
I am an
electronics enthusiast who happens to like playing about with digital
systems (like minicomputer processors ;-))
Therefore, I don't care too much about some of the
things that collectors
normally care about, like original box, no damage to labels/legends, no
fading of the case colours and so on.
Going back to the original point, I see nothing wrong
with reproduction
parts. I see nothing wrong with reproductions of complete machines
(provided the original manufacturer, or whoever now owns the copyright,
etc, is happy). But they should be described as such. To do otherwise is
plain dishonest.
I would be happy with a reproduction in most cases (I
could still attack
it with a logic analyser), but since it would be worth less to a
collector than an 'original', I would expect to pay less for it. Again, I
wouldn't mind saving money by so doing.
I would be rather annoyed, though, if I paid 'top
dollar' for a rare
machine and then found it was a reproduction. I think I would have been
cheated.
I don't really understand why people care about originality. Isn't that mainly
a metaphysical matter? Or am I being too post-modern?
Really, asd long as the reproduction is identical in every sense, why would it
matter when it was built? I wouldn't really mind replacing my 1992 Amiga 4000
with a freshly built replica. As long as it looked and behaved like my current
A4000, but didn't consist of eight-year-old hardware, the new model would be
superior.
Likewise, why would it matter whether your issue of X-men was printed in 1996
instead of 1963? Is it the actual reading material or 30-year old paper you're
looking for?
OTOH, packaging is important to me, and so is the condition of the equipment I
get. I find aesthetic pleasure in the design of the computer and its
packaging. I do, however, not find aesthetic pleasure in the sight of old
plastic. New plastic works just as well, and so do new circuits.
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