Article about collecting in Antique Trader.

From: Unusual systems <kstumpf_at_unusual.on.ca>
Date: Mon Jun 28 21:26:26 1999

Dear collecting brethren, after I asked the List for photographs
to be used in an article on collecting computers Joe Rigdon asked:

"You ARE planning on telling the dealers that antique computers aren't
worth bothering with and to promptly give them to their nearest Classic
Computer Collector aren't you?"

In the article I claim collecting computers is like collecting money -
you don't have to be a banker to collect money and so you don't
need to be a techie to collect computers. Then I warn would be
dealers that in fact computers are much to complex to handle
without a great deal of technical expertise.

As far as promoting the CCL, I do, but it is up to each collector to
work hard and diligently to create their own channels and sources,
and to buy and sell with honesty and integrity.

Happy collecting.


>Kevin,
>
> You ARE planning on telling the dealers that antique computers aren't
>worth bothering with and to promptly give them to their nearest Classic
>Computer Collector aren't you?
>
> Joe
>
>At 11:22 PM 6/26/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>Ladies and gentleman if you have your own photographs of a Poqet
>>or a Portfolio, a Hyperion, IMSAI, or of early word processing software
>>like Electric Pencil, Wordstar, Samna, Multimate, or scenes from
>>a Hamfest and Goodwill-type store that show vintage computer gear
>>please contact me privately. I have written an article on collecting
>>computers for Antique Trader and we need these photographs to
>>go with the article.
>>
>>You will receive the photograph credit, be mentioned in the caption,
>>and receive a copy of the issue the article appears in.
>>
>>Please contact me privately.
>>
>>Thank you.
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>>Kevin Stumpf * Unusual systems * www.unusual.on.ca
>>+1.519.744.2900 * EST/EDT GMT - 5
>>
>>Collector - Commercial Mainframes & Minicomputers from
>> the 50s, 60s, & 70s and control panels and consoles.
>>
>>Author & Publisher - A Guide to Collecting Computers &
>>Computer Collectibles * ISBN 0-9684244-0-6
>>.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
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Kevin Stumpf * Unusual systems * www.unusual.on.ca
+1.519.744.2900 * EST/EDT GMT - 5

Collector - Commercial Mainframes & Minicomputers from
 the 50s, 60s, & 70s and control panels and consoles.

Author & Publisher - A Guide to Collecting Computers &
Computer Collectibles * ISBN 0-9684244-0-6
.
Received on Mon Jun 28 1999 - 21:26:26 BST