ScoutPilot19 wrote:There's especcially sad situation with Soviet Compuers from that point of view - as they content of very big ammount of gold, palladium, etc... They were speccially hunt in the 1990s, when the people here were just surviving in many cases, by the criminals and so called "nekrofily" - people who destroy old hardware for gold and etc... And it's our history, about which many dont'k even imagine now - it's almost lost - it's common thing, that in England or the USA people care about their history - architecture, cars, aircraft, computers, steam boats... And we always lose almost everething ...(( Today spoke with a collector, who spend a lot of effort and money to preserve the history - War time letters, all kind of things and, of course, computers and calculators - here's his site - http://rk86.com/frolov/
ScoutPilot19 wrote:And also few years ago was making serie of photos about the steampunkers - who imagine, that they live in the "alternate XIX century" - they are nice and beautiful people, but they are known to dissasemble watches, alarm clocks and typewriters to make their stuff...
Uhm, I don't know much about those people, but I don't think they rip apart those things that are in a good contition or contain
aluable material, but more the type of things you'll find on the road side.
You know, these things which get recycled anyway sooner or later.
Anyway, sad about these Komputers from the former eastern bloc. 🙁
These big and clunky machines were a inspiration for so many science fiction novels, I think.
And I do also appreciate the way you/your people were able to wire up so many discrete parts together to working machinery.
I mean, just look at those photos. It was actually possible to repair these without a lab and a special SMD tool kit (sample photo).
Assuming that you had access to such things, of course. I don't think they were a common thing in the average household.
Anyway, I hope he's able to preserve as much as he can.
(Btw. for some reason I've got the urge to install a copy of DCP on my PC/XT now.. 😉 )
badmojo wrote:Yar reading about the environmental impacts of coffee pods angries up my blood somewhat, but seeing people find a creative use for otherwise unwanted old hardware doesn't really register a reponse at all.
Yes, the coffee pods garbage is an annoying thing. And I'm sure, people will notice this sometime.
And they they will realize the creative use at the latest when they sometime hit their nose(s) against a huge sculpture
made out of rubb.. err.. I mean.., old hardware on an art show . 😀
PeterLI wrote:Over population will kill the world.
We need more worlds, then.
Edit: Corrected wrong quote.
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In what to one race is no time at all, another race can rise and fall..." - The Minstrel
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