I tried that but:
Claude.W wrote:
>Hi
>
>I also have accumulated many machines, but I have the following rules to
>keep control of the space it uses:
>
>-Only 1 copy of a machine. Keep the best & cleanest. Trash, sell or giveaway
>duplicates. I was keeping extra for trades but find they take up too much
>space.
>
I was going to apply that to my "collection", but my NeXT cubes and Sun
are different maxchines, Dimension with floppy, Dimension without floppy
but with OD, non-
Dimension cube, color turbo slab, non-turbo slab. And without a spare,
if one goes down, I'd loses information since I really use them on a
daily basis for "real" work.
>
>-No matching printers for each system. I abandonned printers long time ago
>or it just takes up too much space.
>
NeXT printers are different and they realy don't take up that much room
do they? ;-)
>
>-No books. Only one or 2 max complete reference per system. Or then it gets
>outta control.
>
I can agree with that
>
>-No magaziness
>-Only 1 or 2 peripherals like floppy drives and such....I dont try to get
>every peripheral for each system...
>
But it's not a complete system without all the bells and whistles
>
>-Only 1 "branded monitor" model per system. Monitors use a lotta space.
>-If its a vintage system your not going to "use/play with" : then keep very
>
Specialize in something that uses different fixed frequency montior and
it's easier to talk yourself into the fact that you really "need" three
NeXT 21" monitors.
>
>little software for each system, only maybe an OS and a few utils, games
>etc...just to "show it off"
>
I aleays tell Ronda (SO) that software really doesn't take that much
room, ya know
>
>-Get many shelves, nice ones.
>
I totally agree, and I finally convinced Ronda that her Volvo really
doesn't "need" to park in the garage
>
>-Frequent cleanings....I do major ones at least 5 times a year a throw out a
>bunch of stuff....you have to stop saying "yes but I might use it someday"
>at one point and go more like "Whats the chance I am realling gonna use this
>again or is this really worth keeping"?
>
PC stuff is easy to dispose of....That's why I decided to specialize in
NeXT, Be, Sun, SGI stuff, at least it not as easy to find.
>
>
>But thats just me...I cant stand a mess - at all...all my collection is in
>matching sturdy "ABS" plasctic shelves that I bought brand new a few years
>ago...this helps a lot!
>
Mine is neat, neatly sitting on desks, hooked up, hot, running and in
use. I've never had to turn on the heat in here all winter. I'm
thinking of adding a 2 ton a/c this spring, just for my "home office".
It's rather warm during Dallas summers.
>
>
>Some people I find "accumulate in piles" more then "collect". IMO...But I
>think this was already the subject of much discussion and a very lenghty
>thread...
>
Ronda put her foot down, no piles! But, she has very little room to
talk, she is the one that bought a litersal ton of party goods, greeting
cards and gift wrap at auction. She's breaking it up, packaging it in
small lots and moving it out on ebay.
>
>
>Later
>Claude
>http://computer_collector.tripod.com
>
>
Received on Tue Feb 05 2002 - 05:52:55 GMT