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Subject: Re: Collector's Corner..A Quieter Gentler Time

Author: Steve B

Date: 09:12:36 08/17/05

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> With over 20,000 of them to choose from, though, it is a difficult decision for
>me.  :-)


that really is amazing when one stops to think about it
let me ask you,where do you store them?
you must have a palacial sized home

>
>I wonder, though, if chess players back in the late 1970's thought similar
>thoughts about the rash of ever stronger dedicated chess computers that kept
>coming onto the market.  No sooner did you buy one, then a better one would be
>released.  Not everybody could buy them all as they came onto the market.


well i certainly could not afford each and every computer from every possible
company back then

i limited myself to Fidelity and Novag trying to get everyone  that was released

for the other companies i bought what i could,when i could

then with the advent of the internet i was able to fill in the gaps
not just by Ebay but by private dealings as well

of all of my computers now..i would guesstimate that perhaps 2/3 were bought
brand new when first released with the balance bought later

dollar wise however its not even close
about 75% of my total cost was spent on brand new computers and 25% on the used
ones


Full Accounting Regards
Steve






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