Thanks James: I like your input. They actually have a couple of computer machines that I helped develop at IBM on display at the Mountain View Musium. And yes, not realistic to have the Cray machine, or all the others for that matter, working. Like a lot of collectors, condition is key. New in the box usually brings a premium. That is why I never opened them. Anyway, thanks again for your response. Brent .............
On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 6:12 PM, James Fraser < [email protected]> wrote: > 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/ > -- ----- 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/
