Author: Martin Slowik
Date: 05:06:42 07/20/04
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Steve, >also your game was a very nice win for humankind! >i see you wanted to play the English but V9 has different ideas >:) Yep, but the variation played turned out to be even a better choice. Not for him of course.. ;> I like playing the Avant Garde alot because almost all the games get a tad chaotic and are certainly interesting. It's my second favourite after the Novag Diablo. >even though the well respected Mr. Bucke made the V11, in my opinion it is not a >Factory Authorized version by Fidelity and for me it is not a collectable >computer >i will only have in my collection ,computers that were officially made by the >company that manufactured it and released it for sale to the general public >i also have no interest in collecting "tuned" or "over clocked" devices for this >same reason Ah, interesting. So you only collect officially released computers. This obviously also excludes Ruuds new module. Hm. >i realise other collectors feel differently about this issue but i only can >answer for my personal taste in collecting I still don't know how to feel about that point. I'm very interested in Ruuds new machine and find Mr. Bucke's v11 also appealing. Still thinking about turning a v2 Avant Garde into his v11. But to be honest I hesitate a little bit to gear into my beautiful v2 and change its guts. It feels somehow... impiously. >and thank you again for your help with the translation of my posting! No problem, Steve. You're welcome. :) Best, Martin
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