Digital archaeology of the microcomputer, 1974-1994

[Chuck Guzis]

On 17 Jan 2007 at 17:14, Richard wrote:

> Ditto.  Except that I focus on graphics and terminals and you'd be
> surprised how many terminals have "already gone over the brink" as it
> were.  People keep CPUs for nostalgia.  They chuck the terminal.

Richard, what you do for terminals is certainly worthwhile.  However, 
given the description of a terminal (e.g. user's manual), I can 
easily emulate one or, if worse comes to worst, build one from modern 
components.  

A CPU is much harder.

Peripherals (e.g. tapes, disks, printers)  are the hardest.  If I 
were to collect something for preservation, it'd be peripherals. 

Cheers,
Chuck