Vintage and obsolete computers and software

I was just making an observation that there's a difference between a collector and a scrapper. Different motivations and all .....

Not passing judgment on someone else's lifestyle ! " And it harm none, do as thou wilt " is my motto. Having the freedom to choose how you want to live is one of the things that makes this country great.

Time and entropy are important considerations. Once you get past fifty there are far more days behind you than there are ahead of you. Every day gone past is one less that you will never get back. ( They're in limited supply ! )

Entropy is another factor .... see everything that was ever put together is slowly falling apart. That's an important consideration when storing electronics because they only have a certain amount of time. They generally figure that electronic storage media might have a shelf life of ten or fifteen years. After that it becomes unreliable. It's the same with electronics. The caps on a mainboard start shifting out of specified range with age. After awhile it just stops working.

All the more reason to keep things moving through the shop.