2 Oct
2016
2 Oct
'16
1:26 p.m.
> On 10/2/16 10:15 AM, Jay West wrote:
>> I have a new theory. No new machines are ever
>> found, we all just keep trading ownership of them amongst ourselves,
>> sometimes with the same machine coming back years later!
> Thats been a joke at hamfests for decades :-)
On Sun, 2 Oct 2016, Jon Elson
wrote:
It is NOT a joke, it really happens. The old gear
outlasts the owners, and
people use it for a while, upgrade, move to a retirement home or whatever,
and it goes to someone else. Then, the cycle repeats.
But imperfectly.
There is some "new" material coming in out of cluttered closets, or even
newly manufactured items, sufficiently arcane to be worthwhile (such as
OQO, Kryoflux, etc.)
And, whenever one of us dies, things are lost. Let us hope that MOST of
the good stuff remains around, but realistically, it doesn't always
happen. How much of Don Maslin's collection of knowledge and information
was recovered?
Hence, stagnation is reduced, but some wondrous stuff gets lost forever.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com