>Its simply a matter of style, and I don't personally advocate one style over
>another.
>In fact, each style of collecting complements the other, and that
>was the point I
>was trying to express.
There are as many different reasons for collecting stuf as
there are collectors, none of them more correct than another. I'd
certainly lack a few things if it weren't for the accumalators! I
agree that both are important to the hobby.
>Well Sir, it was not my intention to put anything or anyone down,
>nor to cast a
>better light on any specific style of computer collecting.
Sorry...the reply wasn't meant to be so harsh.
>Myself, I'm an accumulator, bigtime. I do have a small 'serious collection'
>within my larger accumulation (of the original 'family of three' early HP
>mini's), and a much too large selection of Apollo gear, but then there are
>systems I just 'had to have', or that earned a special place in my
>heart, like me
>ELF-II. Most of these have nothing to do with HP mini's.
I also have sub-collections. My main concentration was
initially pre-1985 8-bitters and then that expanded to include some
of the early machines in the development of the mass-market GUI and
finally to include various early game consoles. Nearly everything I
own falls into one of these three catagories, though there are a
couple of oddballs plus some more modern machines that I use
regularly. As you also mentioned, I tend to pick up whatever books
and add-ons I come across for my various systems as well. In many
ways, I'm glad that I've reached the limits for storage space, as the
collection then self-limits.
Jeff
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