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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Received on Wed Aug 13 1997 - 11:44:39 BST