> 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.
On Sat, 4 Aug 2001, Sellam Ismail wrote:
> I call this person an "accumulator" :)
You rang? ( - Maynard G Krebs)
Sellam calls me an "accumulator". But he has been extremely helpful to me
when I needed to get rid of a few thousand square feet of stuff.
I am unwilling to throw out anything, so I have developed a "collection".
But I DO OFTEN buy things after the manufacturer has gone out of business.
It's cheaper then. Or right before - the trend controllers follow me
around with clipboards to discontinue ANYTHING that I like. More than a
dozen magazines have folded or changed focus IMMEDIATELY after I
subscribed.
I buy things because they are useful, neat, or fun. NOT because they are
historical. I bought TRS-80s when they were current. I bought Gavilans
right after they went under, when they got cheap enough. I bought PCs
when they were current. My HC-20s were well before Epson released it in
the U.S. as the HX-20.
Do I have a collection? Yes.
Am I a "serious collector"? No.
I need to get rid of another dozen cubic yards.
Besides,...
How can y'all talk about being serious when MOST of the traffic on this
list is about cars, firearms, and dipping in molten iron?
OB_ON-topic: I have a small box of NOS Shugart 8" repair parts (some
drive belts, chips, a SS head carriage, etc. Anybody want to pay $5
(priority mail +)
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin_at_xenosoft.com
Received on Sat Aug 04 2001 - 13:54:58 BST