A moment of silence, please - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

13 Aug 1997

At 09:14 AM 8/12/97 -0800, you wrote:
...
 Unfortunately, the high demand for common
"trendy" machines (i.e. IMSAI's,
Altairs, whatever) often displaces the preservation of machines which
are much rarer, which are far more important historically, and which
present far greater difficulties to preserve, maintain, and use. 
Keep in mind that Value <> importance/significance/etc.  Value represents a
combination of many variables, including visibility, size, trendiness, etc.
There are plenty of relatively valueless items running around the world that
are incredibly significant, while a whole lot of insignificant things
command high prices on the open market.  

If I wanted to invest in classic computers, it would be IMSAI's, Osbornes,
and Apple I's.  But I want to collect them, so I've got an Epson, an NEC, a
m100, etc.

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