>> Well, let me modify that slightly. It's only disgusting in that it's
>> going to be preventing people like the folks here on classiccmp from
>> getting their hands on systems and taking proper care of them. Sure,
> Yes, I agree 100%. As an example, one of the machines I would like is an
> Apple Lisa. Not because it's collectable, but because I'd like to compare
> Apple's extension of the work at Xerox PARC with the PERQ and with a
> Xerox D-machine. In other words I want to strip a Lisa down, hook a logic
> analyser up to it, and hack it to hell and back. In then end I'd still
> have a working Lisa, and I'd have a stack of notes as to what really goes
> on inside one.
> But there's no way I can afford a Lisa at the current collector's prices.
> So, alas, there's a gap in the collection :-(
So, would you trade an Imsai 8080 for a Lisa 2?
>> we all collect computers for the sake of collecting, but most of us
>> really enjoy keeping them running and taking care of them, and can
> Yes, I wonder how many of these 'collectable' computers are in any sense
> being preserved properly. I would doubt if ROMs were ever backed up or
> PSUs tested. Heck, distribution disks are probably not backed up even.
> I'll admit I sometimes damage the fabric of a classic, but I'm a lot more
> careful than that.
Full working, in dayly use (ok, at least once a week.
>> Lucky for me, the computers I really love the most are the ones NOT
>> found on Ebay. I've never seen a PDP8 or a PDP11 on Ebay, for instance.
> Ditto, actually. I don't want an Altair, amazingly. Well, if somebody was
> throwing one out I'd save it, but it's not a machine I'm looking for. In
> fact, as I mentioned here once before, when 10 year ago I was offered the
> choice between an Altair and an Intellec MCS8i, I grabbed the latter.
deal !
Gruss
H.
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Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
Received on Mon Jun 22 1998 - 08:16:31 BST