[vcf-midatlantic] Wow... talk about a mainstream hobby now...

[Bill Degnan]

Maybe someone who knows their stuff should publish a "pinocchio" score
for vintage computing articles, just a thought.   Something fact-based
that objectively reviews vintage computing articles for accuracy and
perspective
Bill

On Sun, Jun 5, 2022 at 10:09 PM Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic
<vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
>
> you were supposed to read my mind :)
> As usual, I wasn't clear about my context, argh!
>
> On 6/5/2022 8:32 PM, Bill Degnan via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
> > I see your point.
> > b
> >
> > On Sun, Jun 5, 2022 at 8:25 PM Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic
> > <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> It wasn't written for us, it was written for Joe Public.
> >> I didn't post it for its content, I posed because its surprising that
> >> reader digest is aware of the climbing value of old computers.
> >>
> >> On 6/4/2022 5:38 PM, Bill Degnan via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
> >>> The article is interesting-ish because yes it's reader's digest but it's
> >>> just a rehash of the same old list of tired favorites without a lot of
> >>> probing research.  It might be more interesting if there was a little about
> >>> what makes a computer valuable rather than just what prices computers went
> >>> for in the past on ebay or sotheby's auction house.
> >>>
> >>> Interesting to see the amiga 4000/40.
> >>>
> >>> Missing:
> >>> Commodore 65
> >>> Olivetti 101
> >>> ETC.
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Jun 3, 2022, 11:32 PM Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic <
> >>> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Readers digest of all things.
> >>>> https://www.rd.com/list/most-valuable-vintage-computers/
> >>>>