On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Gunther Schadow wrote:
> Well, I haven't watched the szene until april/may this year, but I'm
> not too confident that prices are dropping. Actually I think we ought
> to keep a low profile in order to keep this classic computer stuff
> from becoming a fad. Things like newspaper features will eventually
> hurt us, because the one main issue with classic computer stuff is
> that it's rare.
It just gets more people involved, which means more people searching for
the same amount of stuff. Isn't that what you really mean? :)
> In conclusion, I really think that newspaper features about vintage
> computing and conferences with lots of publicity do hurt the vintage
> computer hobbyist because they invite people who merely have money to
> spend on a fad.
Ok, I won't advertise the VCF anymore so that the existing hobbyists won't
know about it. In fact, I'm going underground with it. Let's turn this
into a Secret Society so that we can hoard all the computers for
ourselves.
I'll start working on a Secret Handshake.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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