12 Oct
2007
12 Oct
'07
4:42 p.m.
To all,
I agree mostly with this thread, I do collect, the thrill of building or
rebuilding,
maxing out a config. And I do use some of the machines I have, but I do not
have
that many, I think as compared to others. About 70% of my collection serve
only to satisfy my "pack rat" habit and are "on display" in my
finished
attic.
I do use some as "furniture" like an end table in order to justify keeping,
others serve as space heaters.
Dan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ensor" <classiccmp at memory-alpha.org.uk>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 9:44 PM
Subject: Unused Collections (was: Re: SGI Onyx - Three Phase to Two
Phaseconversion)
Hi,
became
You are getting dangerously close to one of the
great
revelations of collecting life:
Most collectors do not do anything with their
collections.
Nearly all of us are on this constant drive to get new items,
chase them down, acquire them - then put them in the pile. 5
percent of the pile gets used and played with 95 percent of the
time....
Never a truer word said....
I used to use the majority of my collection on and off, back when it was
limited to around 10 machines. Once it grew larger than that, things problematical (at one point I had well over 60
machines!). More and more
machines got "mothballed" I ended up with a situation where I simply don't
have the space to actually set up *ANY* of them....despite having gotten
rid
of some 15 machines so far this year (and only
acquiring 2 or 3 new ones).
The thing is though, my interest in them is primarily in the hardware
anyway. Once I've stripped them down, repaired them and found out what
"makes them tick" my interest in them is pretty much over (though again,
I've not had the room to strip down/repair any of the machines I've
collected over the past 10 years or so, dammit).
TTFN - Pete.