>Please ponder this question.
>We either collect mainframes, minicomputers, or microcomputers. In the
>mix there is hardware, software, documentation, spares, and related
>material such as magazines, books, novelties. There might also be the
>original boxes.
>What percentage of your space is taken up by the hardware and how much
>by everything else? What is the ratio of actual computers to all the
>other stuff that goes along with them? Please tell me the catagory(s) of
>computer(s) you collect (mainframe, etc.), and what your percentages
>are.
I mostly collect DEC hardware -- easy since I worked at DEC for 20
years and was able to partake of DEC salvage when it was open. In
recent months I've started collecting in different directions, mostly
just things which strike my fancy. I can't say that I am trying to
collect any specific type of machines (other than the DEC ones), just
random examples of computers.
As for how much room it takes up... let me put it this way, my S.O.
and I live in one condo, my computers live in another (and I visit to
feed and water and work on them). The largest of the machines are the
pdp-11/10, pdp-11/34a and the pdp-8s. They may only take up 24sqft
of floor space, but they are 6' high, so they take up a fair amount
of volume.
I must say, however, that most of the stuff which takes up room are
all the boxes of manuals, handbooks, disks, spare boards, cables,
etc. that I have to keep them working.
So, I would say in my collection, about 30% to 40% of the space is
taken up by the actual machine collection, the rest is taken up by
the support stuff.
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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