How many collectors?

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Sat Aug 4 11:11:43 2001

On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Chuck McManis wrote:

> Casual collectors are people who are unwilling to throw out anything,
> so they have developed a "collection" of a bunch of old computers, but
> by the same token they've never gone out and bought anything after the
> manufacturer was out of business and/or not supporting their stuff
> anymore. If you are the original owner (or someone in your immediate
> family is the original owner) of all the stuff in your collection then
> you are a casual collector.

I call this person an "accumulator" :)

Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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