Hello Charles
On 16-Jun-00, you wrote:
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> On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Sellam Ismail wrote:
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>> I think the concept we are dealing with here is the supply of something
>> simply running out. There were only so many vintage computers ever sold.
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> Not to mention, only so many people who would know what to *do* with
> an old Commodore, VAX, TI 99, etc. As far as the rest of the world is
> concerned, it's "trash"....
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>> They don't grow them anymore.
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> Well, not nearly as much as they used to, but one can always hold out
> hope. Know of any new people entering this hobby? Not just squirrelling
> away stuff, or churning it on the auction sites, but actually buying old
> computers, plugging them in, and actually working/playing with them?
I've heard that the C=64 is still very popular with the Geritol set (senior
citizens). Many just don't want to spend the kind of bucks needed for a
Winblows box.
Don't know if the same is true for the TI99/4 . . . I remember years back
there was a good sized following considering it was one of the first
orphaned computers. I've even got one of those in my closet, waiting for a
cassette cable, or a new home for someone who really wants one.
As far as junk, they thought that of the Edsel, Desoto, Studebaker and
Packard, when they were not that old. Given time, everything is worth more
thn it is now. Gasoline seems to be a good example . . . .
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Regards
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Gary Hildebrand
ghldbrd_at_ccp.com
Received on Sat Jun 17 2000 - 06:36:38 BST