Ebay madness

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Sun Aug 5 08:55:12 2001

I'm only gradually coming to appreciate that there are who, like you, enjoy just
HAVING a given machine. My attitude has always been that a computer isn't a
computer unless it computes. Clearly, that's not the only point of view.

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Iggy Drougge" <optimus_at_canit.se>
To: "Richard Erlacher" <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 6:40 AM
Subject: Re: Ebay madness


> Richard Erlacher skrev:
>
> >I've been surprised at the number of "collectors" who don't care a bit about
> >whether an otherwise pristine piece of hardware is working or not. All they
> >seem to care about is how "cool" it looks. Frankly, to me, a computer that
> >doesn't compute is just a bunch of parts taking up more space than they
> >should.
>
> As for me, I'm very interested in the aesthetic part of computing. I love my
> Goldstar HC-200 MSX, even though it's been absolutely smashed internally.
> After all, it's got such a colourful keyboard and a light pen holder. If it
> worked, it would be even more fun, but even as it is, I sometimes take it out
> and just admire it.
> I'm an accumulator in the sense that I take just about every computer I come
> across. OTOH, it's not a matter of keeping my old computer (though I still own
> each and every one I've bought), instead I keep lookout in Usenet, on the web,
> talk to people or go to the junkyard in order to make my collection grow. But
> the state of a system is secondary to the system itself. If it works and is
> cosmetically perfect, it's great, but even if not, who knows, one day I might
> run across a complementary system so that I might restore it.
>
> --
> En ligne avec Thor 2.6a.
>
> It's amazing how many useful pieces of equipment are disguised as domestic
> appliances: the machine for cleaning keyboard keycaps and shell cases does an
> excellent job of washing clothes, while the tumbling machine for drying them
> off also works for socks and shirts. The device in the kitchen for baking
> small spray-painted articles can be used for pizza and muffins. And so on...
> Pete Turnbull
>
>
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