Commodore 65 = $5,000 - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

15 Nov 2007

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  Tony Duell wrote:

  However, I am saddened by a classic computer that
will never be turned on 
 again. Computers are not fine art, they are machines that should be run 
 (and for that matter, I feel that fine art should be viewed, not stored 
 in a vault).   
 As much as Tony is a hardware guy, I'm a software guy on the other end 
 of the spectrum.  And yet I wholeheartedly agree with this, to the point 
 where pretty much all of my hobbyist programming is done on old iron. 
 It's not enough that I use my old machines; I have to make them jump 
 through new hoops :-) 
I agree, in principle, but there are exceptions. I *prefer* a machine to work, but some
machines are of such beauty that I wouldn't part with them for the world even if they
didn't work. My SGI Crimson Jurassic Classic is one such example. Even if it were just
an empty shell, I'd still stick it in my living room as a side table. That monster is
just too beautiful not to have on display, and my particular machine has enough of a
history attached to it that it makes a historic artefact and a prime conversation piece.

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