Hardware/doc preservatoion, was Re: rarest computers.

Hans B PUFAL hansp at citem.org
Tue Aug 3 11:46:36 CDT 2004


Bryan Pope wrote:

> Another part of documentation I love to collect is all of the associated 
> magazines..  Not just for the articles but also for the ads.  These also 
> show a snapshot of that time.

Yes magazine ads provide us with lots of info, like date of availability 
and pricing.

Even the packaging of the computers is valuable. I was most annoyed when 
I found that an Atari box had been trashed. It was not in great 
condition but that was no excuse....

   -- HansP





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