I do then same every user or technical manual I see I buy it or ask for if
someone is throwing it out. It does not matter the age or newness of the
manual. John
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CLASSICCMP-owner_at_u.washington.edu
> [mailto:CLASSICCMP-owner_at_u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of Brian Mahoney
> Sent: Monday, May 17, 1999 9:59 PM
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> Subject: Re: Collecting PCs
>
>
>
> Good comments. Might not elicit much response but I thought I
> would add mtc.
> A plain Vic 20 would be tough to give away but a Vic 20 in its
> original box
> with some 'options' would interest me, and I have three already.
> As for disdain, I can't figure it out unless some folks feel that
> collectors
> will drive up the prices somehow, as they have in just about
> everything else.
> But collectors also define what is 'collectible' and for anyone who has
> subscribed to this group for any length of time, you will see
> that virtually
> everything about computers is collectible ... to someone.
>
> Two side comments, hopefully to illustrate something. 1. Boat
> motor collectors
> insist that antique boat motors are worthless. They probably are
> worthless to
> anyone but boat motor collectors. Ditto for computers. 2. I once emailed a
> person about some hand puppets I have, knowing that he recently
> bought one.
> Turns out he didn't collect hand puppets but he did collect
> 'wolf' items, and
> the puppet he bought was a wolf. So your list of collectible
> items makes sense,
> but then someone could just as well collect all the different ICs
> that are out
> there, too.
>
> My feeling is that there might be a lot of hardware out there,
> but there seems
> to be a lack of documentation, both oem and third party. Now, if I see a
> manual, I pick it up hoping that one day I will either be able to offer
> assistance or be able to match the hardware to the book.
> Comments?
> Brian
>
>
> Chuck McManis wrote:
>
> > The general disdain with which PC collecting is met with on this list is
> > understandable, however, I have been thinking there must be
> something here.
> >
> > I recall the folks who have collected PETs and C64s that are
> pretty common
> > and "worthless" these days (I saw a new Vic20 in box at the
> Hamvention that
> > they couldn't _give_ away.)
> >
> > So I've had some thoughts on what might be useful to "collect"
> when it came
> > to the PC industry and this is what I've come up with:
> > 1) All motherboard types - collecting one each of the "standard"
> > sizes (AT, XT, Baby-AT, etc)
> > 2) Collecting one each of all processor types.
> > 3) Collecting one each of all media types.
> > 4) Collecting all of the video standards.
> > 5) "Famous brands", IBM, Compaq, etc.
> > 6) "Famous peripherals", Bus mouse, XT keyboard, AT
> keyboard, etc
> >
> > This is something that anyone could start today since, like the
> computers
> > of yore, this stuff is currently being tossed out.
> >
> > Comments?
> > --Chuck
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