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[Vintage Computer Festival]

On Sat, 16 Jul 2005, 'Computer Collector Newsletter' wrote:

> all of us.  He is pointing out that our hobby suddenly has this guy who is
> being an irresponsible renegade.  Say, for example, that some rich person
> heard a small part of the NPR story, or quickly scanned an article about
> that Christie's auction, and decided in his own mind that, "Oh, old
> computers are collectible and worth lots of money, I should invest in
> some"... so the guy jumps out there, anonymously, and starts hoarding every
> C64 and TRS-80 he can find for $500... would that be good for the hobby?
> Would you be happy, James, because it ups the value of your C64 or TRS-80
> from $20 to $500?  Or would you be ticked because some idiot who didn't do
> his homework is crashing the entire market for those machines?

And any such short term gains would be quickly lost as the over-inflation
becomes obvious.  Did anyone learn ANYTHING from the dot-com bubble?

> That's just hypothetical; I'm sure we all strongly hope that Dennis K. turns
> out to be responsible in the end, since according to Bill Maddox, he was
> formerly associated with the Boston Computer Museum.

That's not confirmed at all.

> Attention, Vince (vrs at msn.com) -- you're the only person on cctalk who said
> you directly know who Dennis K. is.  If you can't reveal his surname or
> approximate location, then what can you share about his ethics, hobby
> awareness, and intentions?  If the mysterious Dennis K. is a good, aware,
> well-intended collectors, then someone who knows his firsthand should come
> to his defense, too.

Or tell him he's pissing off a lot of people.

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Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage Computer Festival
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