18 May
2010
18 May
'10
12:54 p.m.
Taking Tony's comments a step further it would
appear that computer museums
are groups of donation funded, unpaid volunteers who seek to aquire as many
inanimate examples as possible. Systems are made to work only to attract
While it is nice to acquire ever more old computers, it's not essential,
IMHO. It's the main reaon why _I_ don't really care I can no longer
afford the sort of machiens I would like to add to my collection. I've
got quite enough to be going on with for the rest of my natural life.
visitors and hence revenue. The members of the groups
would much rather the
space was used to store even more non working equipment and keep it out of
sight and accessible only to the select few.
I agree with Tony. Systems should be put to work. It matters not if that
work is running a business, controlling a process or showing how they
operate to the general public. After all they where originally designed to
Or the main use I put mine to : Teaching this mad enthuisast how
computers really work, and how to fix them.
be used and operated by just such people.
A computer is not a piece of fine art. It's purpose it not to look
beautiful. Its purpose is to compute. A machine with perfect cosmetis
which doesn't work is not a computer. On the other hand some of my
machines, with the odd crack in the casing, incorrect keycaps, and the
like, most certainly _are_ still computers.
-tony