On 4/16/19 1:51 PM, Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
This is becoming an argument. That's understandable, but that's not my goal.
My point of throwing the "old guy" card, is to say some interest in vintage computing is persistent, is beyond keeping one's computer running, but in goals you refer to as "museum". Most museums put a computer on a shelf, don't touch: the work I describe re-engages people with now-working computers. Your work also engages others; I don't question the value of art, or oblige it to be for purpose. This is what engagement looks like.
Herb, this has nothing to do with you being an "old guy". Let's just face facts: Most of us try very hard every day to keep rare and valuable hardware out of the hands of people like the original poster, and I'm know for a fact that I'm not the only one who thought "this guy had better hope he doesn't run into me on the street". "Hey, there's a complete Model T Ford, I'm gonna grab it, tear our the seat and use it for a couch!" Nobody in their right mind would every dream of doing that, yet people do stuff like this and actually feel justified. Unbelievable. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA