Hello,
>This is definitely true, but you also have to take into account whether a >collector actually >wants/cares about it working. This may sound odd but I >have >a couple friends who collect vintage >game consoles and such just to have them >in a display. They don't care about hooking it up and >using it, they just >want >to have it on display. As long as it's in mint condition physically, it's good. I'm sure that's true for some folks, but for me, there's something missing if a computer is on purely passive display. I don't know how many people reading this have ever been to the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, but most of the machines on display there are not powered up. Granted, there are some very practical reasons why this is so (I believe the Cray 2 they have consumes power equivalent to that used by 200 [!] households), but it's still kind of sad to walk the aisles and see all the darkened displays and inert machines. Speaking of displays, does anyone remember the name of the bouncing ball display program for the Mac Plus that was originally used for the Lisa? All it did was show a bouncing ball drawn in high-res similar to the one on this page: http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/boingball.html I dimly recall the name of the progam as sounding something like "Van Landingham," but that's about it. Anyone? Best, James Fraser -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
