On 7/8/19 8:25 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: > > Spoken like a non-collector. :-)
I suppose that's the root of it. I'm basically a pragmatist. I give away old hardware that no longer has any use to me. When I am eventually forced to downsize, (or my widow is) most of the stuff will go either to the recyclers or to the landfill. I am not my possessions. I recall the Homebrew CC at SLAC auditorium where the Apple I was rolled out for a special price. Since I already had a MITS box, I wasn't very enthusiastic about laying out cash for a single-board microcomputer--a feeling shared by several other people I knew. At any rate, if I'd have sprung for one, it'd be gone by now, as its utility has long passed. While I can appreciate painted artworks for the genius behind them, I'm fully aware that they're just blobs of paint on a bit of canvas or wood and that an accurate replica could be fashioned without too much trouble using modern technology. What matters to me is [b]documentation[/b], however it's preserved. I'm often faced with a bit of old data and I need to know the details upon which it was fabricated. That has value to me. Al K has been invaluable in this respect. As far as owning a watch that was worn by Charles Lindbergh, okay, if it keeps good time; otherwise, not so much. --Chuck
