On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Claude.W wrote:
> Well I am in the big Montreal newspaper today but no link to me (email) or
> to my site...
Bogus.
> They post a link to www.vintage.org (and others) but not to me (email
> or my site) ! What did I do?
You fell victim to poor journalism. While I'm happy to have the link to
vintage.org, I think you got a raw deal, since you lent the reporter your
personal time and are not getting back in return what you expected. Did
you ask for a link to your website or e-mail address be included in the
article?
> once a week?) on selling carts and consoles on ebay...now everyone
> will think their 286 is worth $100 and an Atari 2600 is worth $120...
I always make it a point when I am interviewed to DE-emphasize eBay and
the monetary value of old computers and take extra care to emphasize the
historical value (mainly by talking mostly about historical value and
resisting their questions regarding value). This seems to work well.
Consider this a learning experience. It took me a while to understand the
ways of the reporter and only feed them the information they need to write
a good article ;)
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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Received on Tue Jul 31 2001 - 15:54:11 BST