why ?

From: Teo Zenios <teoz_at_neo.rr.com>
Date: Sat Jan 17 13:40:42 2004

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From: "Curt vendel" <curt_at_atarimuseum.com>
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Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: why ?


> The hunt is most definitely a great part of it, I enjoy the "chase" I
> spend many hours each week research engineering notes and docs and find
> "clues" that lead me to names, project codes and other things that help to
> piece together parts of a puzzle and have helped me over the years to
track
> down aspects of Atari that no one outside not just the company but this
> micro-secret groups knew of.
>
> The other part of collecting is to finally own these items which we all
> envied and could only dream of owning when we first saw or heard of them
> when they were brand new and well outside probably this entire groups
> collective finances at the time :-)
>
>
> Curt
>

The fun of the "chase" all depends on your finances and how much effort it
takes to get one. If your into apple I's you can spend 10 years digging
around for a lost one in somebody's attic before you find your gem, or if
your bill gates wave some cash around and have one delivered the next day
without getting off your couch. Its not just the chase but the good story
behind it that you can tell others about when they ask about your
collection.

I bet the thrill of the chase can be addicting, just like collecting can
turn into an all consuming desire to have one of anything made whether your
going to use it or not. I found myself a few times getting ready to bid on
some rare item for a machine I have and had to ask myself what the heck I
really wanted it for or what use it would serve.

My collecting research involves old magazines, joining forums that cater to
the systems I collect, email usergroups, swaplists, googleing old emails on
the subject to name a few. You find alot of information these ways and also
get to talk to people all over the globe with similar collections without
pounding the pavement or spending a ton in gas money/plane fare.

Yea its nice having a machine that cost $10,000 new for $20 now or a $1M
system for a few hundred if thats what you get into. My collection consists
of common systems with less common add-ons running common to harder to find
software (some very uncommon). Mostly stuff I never had when I was young
that still interests me today (funny how these things add up quickly, take
up quite a bit of space, and lead me to expand the area I collect in).
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