28 Jun
2000
28 Jun
'00
8:35 p.m.
Hi Francois,
On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, FBA wrote:
Howdy all,
Another free for all question:
How much time do you devote searching for old machines?
Bout 15 minutes a day to search EBay, and another hour perusuing
auction sites.
How much time "Playing" (fixing, using
etc...) these machines?
All weekend during cold weather, very little during the summer.
I've found lately that when I'm done with the
rounds (that is when I can do
the rounds) I usually don't have time to do the play and the machine often
end up on a shelf (or floor or table or....) until I finaly free myself up.
Also as the collection grows I have less time to spend with each machine and
some don't get out anymore (C64, C128, ADAM etc...). It seems that the
longer the setup time the less likely the machine is going to be used.
I used to try to get one representative of each group easilly accessible but
it is now impossible.
What do you do? How do you manage your "quality" time with your machines?
Do you feel guilty for neglecting that old (insert machine name here)?
Francois
I feel guilty about the stack of VS3100's and DS3100's that I need to
test, document, clean up, and sell. I want to build two boxes with
a variety of parts to test NetBSD ports on, and unload the rest.
I feel guilty about the stack of documentation I have that needs
to be scanned, buffed, PDFed, and posted to the website I need to
build.
I feel guilty about the home repair and improvement that isn't getting
done.
I feel guilty about not getting out and meeting more people (female),
and not getting in better shape (not round).
If I had kids or pets I'd feel guilty about not spending enough
quality time with them.
I don't feel guilty about doing any of the above things whilst my
computers sit idle.
Clint