Taking control of your collection

From: Claude.W <claudew_at_videotron.ca>
Date: Tue Feb 5 10:59:51 2002

> From: Claude.W <claudew_at_videotron.ca>
> >-No matching printers for each system. I abandonned printers long time
ago
> >or it just takes up too much space.
> One or two for everything here, one dec serial (LA100ro) and one
> parallel (Epson LQ570).

Yup I agree. I do have a couple.

> >-No books. Only one or 2 max complete reference per system. Or then it
gets
> >outta control.
> Full books but stay with families IE: VAX, PDP-11, CPM S100 as a
> set covers many varients

Cant agree, lotta reference stuff can be looked up and printed from right of
the www when needed!!!

> >-No magazines.
>
> With care and appling to specific systems or technoligies, not
> complete archives of say Byte.

Fun to look at but apart from that...

> >-Only 1 or 2 peripherals like floppy drives and such....I dont try to get
> >every peripheral for each system...
>
> Unless it fits in the box!

Nope, imagine me getting every branded periph. for each system I have here
like Amigas, C128s, Apple IIs etc...!!! Forget it!

> >-If its a vintage system your not going to "use/play with" : then keep
very
> >little software for each system, only maybe an OS and a few utils, games
> >etc...just to "show it off"
> Nope, compact it to denser media that can be recoverd to whatever is
> needed. Again within a family one program runs on many.

I barely have time to work, take care of my home and give some time to my
familly. When am I gonna have the time to compact and transfer stuff? Most
of it you can download off the net somewhere when needed if you hunt and
search a bit...

> My problem is I have three realted hobbies, Computers, hamradio and
> electronics Homebrew (autoconstruct for the EU folks). They overlap and
> radio/homebrew instigates the "junquebox" where all good resources are
> found.

Same here, hamradio, computers, electronics, I also used to do RC car
racing, now also starting pinball restorations...

I have taught of getting a bigger house but is too many hobbies a reason for
moving it all and getting a bigger house...?who likes moving a full basment
of stuff...?I cant have more than a few "active" hobbies anyways, I just
have so much "free time"...!!!

Claude
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