Rumor has it that Tony Duell may have mentioned these words:
>Perhaps somebody could explain what makes a computer 'collectable'. I've
>got no problems with saving/restoring/preserving any of the machines
>mentioned so far (and a lot more besides), but I can't see why particular
>machines are desirable and others not.
Well, most of the same factors that make anything else collectible -
personal desire is usually the top factor, but rarity and monetary value
also come into play.
My wife collects trinkets of carousels(sp?), hot air balloons and
sailboats, in that order of importance. Of course, put a 1-off solid-gold
carousel and a $2.00 cast-pot-metal made-by-slave-workers side by side, and
guess which one she'd rather have??? ;-)
All of the above seem useless to me (note I didn't say *worthless*... that
solid-gold carousel would help rescue a *lot* of good computers!!! ;-), and
computers seem useless to her...
Oh, and I'm glad to see the Gimix machine made the list... I drooled over
those when I was young, and would *still* love to have one (one of the
qualities that make them worth more to me than, say, a Commodore 64). The
only omission IMHO was the Tandy 600 - the first laptop with a built-in
floppy drive, IIRC.
Just my $0.0000000000002 (and that's all it's worth... ;-)
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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Roger "Merch" Merchberger --- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers
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Received on Fri Jun 18 1999 - 21:25:35 BST