I collect because it's fun, and useful. I still type papers and reports on my old Apple IIe. I love restoring computers that are in less than good condition. Right now I'm restoring an old Altos. Its in awful shape. I have to replace 3/4 of the ICs, a lot of the capacitors, and maybe even find/build a new power supply. But I'm looking forward to it, not dreading it. I have a computer in almost every room of the house. Everywhere you look you see a Nova, TRS-80, System/3x, and everything else you can think of. It really is fun. And there are a lot of collectors who would agree with me.