Taking control of your collection

From: Brian Chase <vaxzilla_at_jarai.org>
Date: Tue Feb 5 23:25:42 2002

On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:

> Once you're over the top, limits no longer have meaning. You're in a new
> realm. The problem with people that don't have at least one warehouse
> full of old computers is that they're are stuck in the valleys. I can
> stand on the peaks of my piles of computers and see the wonders that lay
> beyond the horizons.
>
> It is a most wondrous sight.

I have the impression that Sellam's collection transcends the
conventional boundaries of that which is normal. Indeed, I think if one
has several warehouses filled with every possible computer imaginable,
it's not so much about collecting computers as it is about the capacity
of a single man to create that which is beyond mortal comprehension.

The impact of seeing Sellam's warehouses is probably not unlike what it
felt like for medieval peasants first walking into a great cathedral.
Upon seeing the greatness of it, you're compelled to believe in great
things. So, if you're REALLY compelled to collect and have the means to
do it on a grand scale, then I can certainly see how the insanity of it
goes beyond being a flaw and turning into being cool.

-brian.
Received on Tue Feb 05 2002 - 23:25:42 GMT