Amiga 1200 ESCOM commodore

[arttu80]

If you are just a collector and you are not going to use it don't buy it.

I really dislike these collectors who buy this stuff just to joy of owning.

Oh 'cmoon! Should do reality check on this one... Don't you think if C= sold over million Amigas, so all of em must be used today in 2015?! If I own a fine 1959 Cadillac, should I drive it everyday? There's plenty of Amigas to collect for us who really love the machine and history behind it. Preserving these units isn't a crime but throwing away sure is!

Well, this was just my two cents on the subject.

[arttu80]

Oh yes ofcourse but one shouldn't criticize people when mention word "collection" because as it seems, majority of this forum own more than one machine and I really doubt the fact that all are really used.

And oh yeh, I hate to do little holes in my Amigas! But hey let's do it in our own way and keep it fun, yes? BTW I love iGame/WHDLoad for how it beautifully makes all stuff run.

[arttu80]

What's wrong with collecting? With your logic you could say the same about old books, comics, vinyl records, stamps, coins, antique guns, cameras, vintage radios, collectible army uniforms, WWII items and so forth.

If a collector does not actively use his antique rifle, or his old British army uniform, or does not use the vintage Kodak camera from the 60's, he should stop collecting? Should he give away his Kodak camera?

Or should a collector not be allowed to have a book about coffee tables displayed on a shelf in the living room, because it is not actively used?

A lot of of vintage computer hardware and software would not have survived hadn't it been for collectors. Same goes for other fields, such as comics, books etc.

Yes exactly my point, thank you very much!