Idea about Registering rare computers.

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Sat Nov 10 20:35:18 2001

On Sat, 10 Nov 2001, Ernest wrote:

> That's to bad. Maybe people didn't know it existed? I didn't. If there
> was one, an easy way to promote it would be to add a link to it if you
> have a related old computer web page. I would register my old

I had a link to it in the VCF Link Library:

http://www.vintage.org/cgi-bin/links.pl

I checked it before I replied to your message it came up 404.

> equipment but I don't think that I have anything that would likely be
> on a list like that. I think it's a good idea to keep track of some of
> the old computers, the same why the art community keeps track of
> paintings by certain artists. It seems like a least a few computers
> would be worth the effort (Altair, Apple I, Mark 8, etc.)

I agree. I keep a private registry of Apple 1 owners (no, I will not
share it for reasons of privacy).

In future times when the trade of old computers becomes more established,
provenance will be an important component of the value of the item.

Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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