LET'S RESOLVE THIS ISSUE

From: John B <dylanb_at_sympatico.ca>
Date: Thu Nov 25 09:52:45 1999

-----Original Message-----
From: Merle K. Peirce <at258_at_osfn.org>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Thursday, November 25, 1999 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: LET'S RESOLVE THIS ISSUE


>
>
>On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, John Foust wrote:
>
>> We should be thankful we collect things that fit in rooms. The farmer
>> across the road collects tractors. I think he's got 20 or so filling
>> his pole shed, packed as tight as sardines.
>
>I know some fellows that collect Mack trucks. they bought a factory to
store
>the unrestored ones, and filled in the empty space with flathead V- Ford
>trucks. Compared to that sort of thing, those big Vaxes don't seem that
>big. After all, to a large degree things are relative. A Universe or a
>Dual is large compared to ZX-81, but small compared to a PDP-9.


Computer equipment *must* be stored without moisture and be maintained at a
certain tempature to retain any kind of value at all. I can't sell rusted
boards... Climate control, dehumidifiers are expensive in large factories..
(if not impossible).

Mack Trucks have a much higher resale value than any 10 Vaxes together I
know...

It's also relative to *what* it is...

john


>
>M. K.
>Peirce Rhode Island
>Computer Museum, Inc. 215 Shady Lea Road, North Kingstown, RI 02852
>
>"Casta est qui nemo rogavit."
>
> - Ovid
>
>
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