Tony Duell skrev:
>> I have nothing against restorations, though obviously most
>> people would rather find an original in perfect condition. The thing
>I am not a collector in the normal sense of the world, I am an
>electronics enthusiast who happens to like playing about with digital
>systems (like minicomputer processors ;-))
>Therefore, I don't care too much about some of the things that collectors
>normally care about, like original box, no damage to labels/legends, no
>fading of the case colours and so on.
>Going back to the original point, I see nothing wrong with reproduction
>parts. I see nothing wrong with reproductions of complete machines
>(provided the original manufacturer, or whoever now owns the copyright,
>etc, is happy). But they should be described as such. To do otherwise is
>plain dishonest.
>I would be happy with a reproduction in most cases (I could still attack
>it with a logic analyser), but since it would be worth less to a
>collector than an 'original', I would expect to pay less for it. Again, I
>wouldn't mind saving money by so doing.
>I would be rather annoyed, though, if I paid 'top dollar' for a rare
>machine and then found it was a reproduction. I think I would have been
>cheated.
I don't really understand why people care about originality. Isn't that mainly
a metaphysical matter? Or am I being too post-modern?
Really, asd long as the reproduction is identical in every sense, why would it
matter when it was built? I wouldn't really mind replacing my 1992 Amiga 4000
with a freshly built replica. As long as it looked and behaved like my current
A4000, but didn't consist of eight-year-old hardware, the new model would be
superior.
Likewise, why would it matter whether your issue of X-men was printed in 1996
instead of 1963? Is it the actual reading material or 30-year old paper you're
looking for?
OTOH, packaging is important to me, and so is the condition of the equipment I
get. I find aesthetic pleasure in the design of the computer and its
packaging. I do, however, not find aesthetic pleasure in the sight of old
plastic. New plastic works just as well, and so do new circuits.
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