Author: Martin Slowik
Date: 01:12:59 07/01/05
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On June 30, 2005 at 07:13:40, Steve B wrote: >>Hmmmm... This of course plies the reader with the the question "who is meant??" >>Hopefully not all young men who started collecting during the past five years.. >>;)) > > >certainly not you my Dear Martin >however i am not sure you are a collector?? >you said yourself you did not consider yourself one > >some younger men will have 12 computers and give high opinions on all computers >they are collecting for 3 years and already know more then men collecting for 28 >years > >they do not read,or do research >they do not play the computers themselves or against other computers >they have some money and buy some computers and so they are big experts and they >give answers to questions that most time's are totally wrong >and i tell you i laugh when i see this > >i think you and some of the guys over at .info are different >serious men who test the computers..perhaps not many have big collections and >perhaps not many have collected for long but they know what they have and they >speak for what they have and do not give wild opinions on things they do not >know about > >for my part i think its a shame you do not care about the really early computers >the hobby needs men like you to carry the flame to the future generations > >ok..morning sermon is ended regards >Steve Hi Steve, of course you're right. I'm not a real collector, since I concentrate on computers made 1985-2000 and, with one or two exceptions, having a strength above 1900. So in particular the older and/or weaker machines won't find their way into my shelf (certainly for the next couple of years). Space and time reasons are the main drivers for this decision. At schachcomputer.info the host Mike is trying create a huge source of knowledge about the dedicated computers (also to be found at http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite ) supported by a bunch of German collectors. But even Ruud / Resurrection has his own area there. It's a very friendly place with many enthusiastic people around. As long as such places exist in the www, the flame will certainly continue its way into the dedicated future... :) Relieved Regards, Martin
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