Author: Steve B
Date: 05:42:02 08/19/05
In the July 05 issue of "Selective Search" there is an interesting profile of the world of the Top collectors Two top collector's are profiled each giving their history and discussing their collecting philosophy there is an interesting contrast between the two however.. one collector seems interested in acquiring as many different computers as possible,with the AMOUNT being the most important factor.indeed he mentions he has close to 700 computers in his collection while the other collector seems more concerned with the QUALITY of the collection,focusing not so much on amount but rather ,on very rare or even unusual computers.his collection was close to 400 computers each collector will develop his own collecting interest or "Philosophy" over the years some top collectors will only collect Tabletop units,totally ignoring portables others will focus mainly on portables and will have very larger computers while still other collectors concentrate mainly on large wooden chess computers for me..only computers "released for sale" are of interest modified,experimental or even prototypes are of no interest Furthermore,having every single computer ever released is also of no interest to me while i have most computers released before 1995 i have very few made after this date the reason is basically because this was around the time that the PC chess program started to show total dominance in the chess computer market and manufacturers stopped releasing dedicated units on a consistent basis.IMO the quality and craftsmanship of many of the computers sold after this date were noticeably diminished most buyers of chess computers stopped even considering spending several hundred dollars for a dedicated computer when a PC program that could be had for $25 would play much stronger chess of course regardless of one's collecting "Philosophy" ,most top collections contain many of the same computers,however it is perhaps those 25-50 computers that one collection contains that another does not where the difference can be discerned Emanual Kant Regards Steve
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