Practical question on valuation of old systems

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Dave McGuire wrote:
>   Well that's one thing that people here can never seem to wrap their 
> brains around.  A particular piece of equipment (in your possession, 
> mine, or someone else's) may have a wildly different value than either 
> you or I think it does (or should), for reasons which we may not 
> understand.  We must have faith that the person spending (what we 
> consider to be a) a huge amount of money on something is doing it for a 
> reason, and we're not qualified to judge the merit of that reason.
> 
>   It all boils down to respect for another person's judgment and 
> opinions, really.
> 
>   Your Apple ///...I've never played with one, and I'd like to.  I've 
> never been a pre-PowerPC-Mac Apple person.  I'd pay maybe twenty bucks 
> for a ///, just to learn more about it.  A person who lusted after a /// 
> when they were new, though...like I did for the TRS-80 Model I...That 
> person, and that person alone, decides what that machine is worth TO 
> THEM, and the reason why is something that that person decides the 
> merits of.

More than money, for my collection, I had to sacrifice most of the space 
in my house.  Many people would think I'm crazy for collecting machines 
that take up hundreds of square feet each, but for me the motivation is 
to play with the machines I lusted after an *account* on.

Peace...  Sridhar