My CollectionDo you have display cabinets full of stuff? With it all neatly labelled, cross-referenced and entered into a database. Have you been to a convention? Do other collectors look up to you in awe?
I thought I was above this one. I'm not that autistically geeky that I have a Collection with a capital C. But no, I remembered I'm hoarding away every version of "Inside Macintosh" ever published.
What do you collect? And why? I mean, what makes you do it?
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chthonic, Thu 11 Jan 2007, 16:52)
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Another 8-bit geekYup - I'm another of those folks who collects 8/16-bit computers and games consoles (although I've stopped now I'm a student again - I've got to spend my cash on other things like food and rent).
Not quite sure how it started. Think it was that I never could throw out the stuff I originally had. After that I thought 'well now I can afford the things I thought were cool as a kid and do some catchup gaming', then rumour got out that I liked the stuff and people just started giving me machines. one even turned up on the doorstep with a note asking me to take care of it.
It was around this point my house had turned into the geek equivalent of battersea dogs home and my mate broke it to me gently that I was a retro gamer.
Sadder still is that I can code at least something on a majority of them (even now I still do demos and games from time to time).
This is a a small fraction of what is currently occupying my parents house whilst I'm hiding away and 'studying':
I suppose I also collect psycho ex-girlfriends too but I prefer the computers for some reason. Maybe 'best excuses given by psychotic significant others' would make a great question, although if anyone can beat 'It was his aunts dogs birthday party in cornwall and I had to go along as a friend for moral support' I'd be quite impressed :)
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Sack Sack - Norfolks laziest, Sat 13 Jan 2007, 0:50,
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