7 Aug
1999
7 Aug
'99
10:47 a.m.
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7 Aug
7 Aug
4:50 p.m.
On Sat, 7 Aug 1999, Tony Duell wrote:
A couple of months back I bought a second-hand
Commodore 1570 disk drive.
It came in the original box, which is, alas, in very poor condition. The
polystyrene is cracked and has chunks missing. The cardboard sleeve is
torn/ragged.
Is there any point in keeping it? I don't normally care about the packing
boxes for computers, but I know some people do. Also, I believe the 1570
is not the most common CBM drive, so presumably the boxes for them aren't
that common either.
I think its worth holding onto because its a part of the history of the
product. It tells a bit about the company at that point in its life in
terms of the packaging design and such. If the styrofoam is making a mess
then perhaps it'd be best to throw that out, and then maybe fold the box
up and stick it away somewhere to preserve it for posterity.
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8 Aug
8 Aug
3:35 a.m.
I keep all boxes that I get until a better one comes along. John
-----Original Message-----
From: CLASSICCMP-owner(a)u.washington.edu
[mailto:CLASSICCMP-owner@u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of Tony Duell
Sent: Saturday, August 07, 1999 5:48 PM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: Are tatty boxes worth keeping?
A couple of months back I bought a second-hand Commodore 1570 disk drive.
It came in the original box, which is, alas, in very poor condition. The
polystyrene is cracked and has chunks missing. The cardboard sleeve is
torn/ragged.
Is there any point in keeping it? I don't normally care about the packing
boxes for computers, but I know some people do. Also, I believe the 1570
is not the most common CBM drive, so presumably the boxes for them aren't
that common either.
-tony
6:06 a.m.
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9 Aug
9 Aug
2:27 a.m.
[The tatty 1570 box that's sitting on the side of
my bench]
> I keep all boxes that I get until a better one comes along. John
One other thing to remember. I (like most people here
I guess) are
_terminally_ short of space.
If I had infinite space, I'd keep all the boxes,
etc, in case they were
useful/historically important. As it is, I am not so sure....
Well, as someone already stated: boxes are way more easy to stack
as lets say a naked C64 - also they are ment to protext the stuff.
And since you cant have all stuff on your work bench, keeping the
boxes is a good thing. Last but not least, boxes keep all small
parts close to the unit - unless you see all just as interchangable
parts.
For my side, I prefer to have anything as close together as possible,
because, after some 18 years of collecting I had to learn the hard
way that my memory is less than perfect.
Gruss
H.
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6:20 a.m.
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