Author: allan johnson
Date: 17:13:18 05/15/04
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On May 15, 2004 at 11:48:39, steven blincoe wrote: >HI Mike >> >>I hope you have the presence of mind to either donate or bequeath your >>collection to a museum. A good set like yours would be quite an historical >>artifact. Once these machines are gone, they will be gone for good :) > >i am afraid my wife has other plans for my collection in the event of my passing >namely.. a garage sale Those sets could be extremely valuable in the future I would argue.They represent an important period of technological development. Al >:)) >> >>Can you advise as to the status of current standalones ? With computers and >>software being to cheap and things like Palms, one would think people would no >>longer demand them. > >sadly there are not many serious collectors for the old computers >i would hazzard a guess that there are no more then perhaps 25-50 collectors >worldwide >i collect chess books as well >by contrast, there are literally thousands of serious chess book collector's > > >there is very little demand for old chess computers as you suggested > >young chess players would laugh at the idea of paying hundreds of dollars for an >old machine that can be easily defeated by a $25 pc chess program > >the only dedicated computers worth any real value would be the very rare >computers such as the ones shown on the web site i posted in my reply to Mr. >Burcham > >Best Regards >Steve
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