I would keep the factory stickers, they add history and character. Labels would be nice.

Man, I'd love to use one.

where is it on show ? public ?

Nice taste in wall art, man! 😀

Thumbs up for mounting the MAX 1.8. It's an impressive beast.

OK. Cleaned the other card and swapped MAX 2.1 for MAX 1.8. Looks cooler with longer PCB and socketed chips. Will keep the MAX 2.1 for my retro PCs...

Ready to go above my working desk. Will still think about labels.

very neat :3

Plenty of ppls would like to have some to use them and you put them on a wall 🙁

Indeed. And then talking about removing the labels...thats a sacrilege. Think the meaning of the thread is to show us all the cards he own.
I think I have more than you and I will never remove the labels or put them on the wall to be bleached out by the sun...

OK, thinking about removing factory stickers from those wasn’t a great idea. However, I often remove damaged, non-factory stickers, retailer/OEM bar codes, OEM warranty void labels, etc. On the other hand a handful of times I even restored damaged factory stickers (as it is not a good idea to keep EPROM chips without one).

However, what to do with retro gear once collected is a dilemma that every collector must solve I think. Keep them in a storage forever? Build a number of retro-PCs and keep using them? Start a museum?

I actually like the idea of putting interesting pieces on display in my house. Make a great conversation point and let me enjoy them more that if they were stored in my attic. There should be no sun damage as those frames are designed for paintings and have UV blocking glass.

Predator99 wrote on 2020-04-04, 07:14:

I think I have more than you

You ain't seen nothing yet 😀

I don't have a single one and I still appreciate it :p... I'd also say it's nicer to have them on display than stored away somewhere, and if you still have one to use even better 😀