Brian Brubaker posts about use of hard-drive parts to create art, for our appreciation. Well, this use of vintage electronics as art, gives me pause. I thought about it; I wrote a lecture; I decided a lecture would not be read or appreciated. So here's my straightforward considerations. Brian: I restore vintage computers to operation. So I see in parts of your art, computers that can't be restored because they were demolished. That's not an abstraction, for me - that is a fact. This situation is not your fault. However, you have posted in a group of vintage-computer restorers; so my point is relevant in this forum. So: Brian, I encourage you to make available, such ancient drives and parts as might be useful to restore ancient computers. I'm sure you can get guidance about doing so. I don't mean to spoil your fun or interests. Do not go back to "lurking" because some old-guy doesn't like your work - that is not what I said, that's not how I said it. Art evokes responses; the artist can't determine all those responses. This is part of my response. And certainly, there's art today which is FAR more controversial than a bunch of old computer parts. I'm making a point, not cursing your works, which have artistic merit. Brian, thanks for showing your works in this forum. Herb Johnson -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey in the USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net