Selling it off. What would you keep ?

From: Ernest <ernestls_at_attbi.com>
Date: Sat Nov 30 13:08:00 2002

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> From: cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org]On
> Behalf Of Lawrence Walker
> Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 10:44 PM
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> Subject: Selling it off. What would you keep ?
>
>
> I am at a point where I am thinking about divesting myself of the
> majority of my computer collection. <snip>

> What would the list retain if they were cutting down or getting rid of
> the majority of thier collection and keeping enough to keep thier hand
> in. <snip>

I've been thinking along the same lines. I've collected a fairly large
number of old computers, and they're beginning to feel like a ball and chain
for a lot of reasons. I enjoy the hunt (a sign of a true collector,)and I
enjoy the process of disassembling and cleaning them up. I also enjoy the
feeling that I get when I repair a computer that's been broken for years but
for me, once I've done all that, I usually package them up neatly and store
them away.

That means that I have a lot of clutter and "junk" around, and I'm getting
kind of tired of it. Sellam knows that I've been thinking about this for a
while now, and yet I continue to collect, although not as aggressively as I
was a year or so ago.

I'm warming to the idea (for me) of just picking one system, and focusing on
it. Mine would probably be my Apple IIe. The IIe's are as common as dirt but
of all my Apple II's and clones, it's the one I use most. I also wonder
about my Basis 108, or even my Morrow MD3. I haven't decided yet but it's
likely that within the next year, I'll find new homes for the majority of my
old computers, and try to live a less cluttered life again.

That, or I'll get rid of my collection of Apple II clones with the idea that
I will continue to collect, repair, and document clones that I don't already
have. Then latter on, sell them too and continue the process, thus adding
new systems to my web page for the main purpose public reference.

E.
Received on Sat Nov 30 2002 - 13:08:00 GMT