Rich vs. Poor: Middle Ground (Was: RE: Is it time for an Internat ional Vintage Computer Association? Was: Yo)

From: CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com <(CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com)>
Date: Tue Jun 27 15:06:52 2000

>Had the Evil Lurker been restoring a personal system
>with the parts he was looking for, it would not have
>bothered me a wit.

On the gripping hand, I know of some "collectors" (as
in they acquire large amounts of stuff without looking for
commercial gain) who will, for example, rip all the boards out of
a working VAX 8650 but leave the chassis behind, because they have
no way of hauling the chassis cabinets nor a place to put them. As
far as I can tell, nobody wins here, because a working 8650 was turned
into a pile of nearly-worthless parts that will simply sit in the basement
for a couple of decades. Does this stop the offenders? Of course not!

Tim.
Received on Tue Jun 27 2000 - 15:06:52 BST