RE: Original ESB PCB for sale

G'day folks,

Well, it turns out that "maturity" in collectors was discussed in
relation to the recent Operator FAQ rewrite (which should be in the
hands of the operator reviewers shortly). I'm not sure if that concept
was axed, but I did like the definition we came up with:

This hobby is *ABOUT* video games, but it is *NOT* a video game in and
of itself -- it doesn't matter what "level" you're working at, so long
as you're enjoying yourself.

Well, it was either this quote or something more blunt like "Hey, it
ain't necessarily a matter of who dies with the most toys!" I'll let
you all guess whether Doug or I came up with this last one...8^) 8^) 8^)

               Steven S Ozdemir
               sso@plpt.com (my company renamed itself in Feb)
               sso@dsc.com (good for a few more months)
               ozdemir@xenon.stanford.edu (permanent...weekly)

ps - Evolution FAQ will be released with the rewritten Operator FAQ. I
don't know if the Auction FAQ is going to be rewritten...we'd originally
discussed it, but I think that may have gone by the wayside due to time
constraints (and not enough complaints about it being out of date).

ObVector: I did look at a Barrier sound board again this weekend. It's
more organized than the Space Wars, but the component count has to be
the same. Shouldn't we be able to remanufacture both of these with some
of the modern stuff. Didn't Joe say there was something that could
duplicate simple analog circuits like the ones used by Space Wars and
Barrier? (Speed Freak's sound board looks like Star Hawk's...at least
20 ICs and alot of organization. Not a candidate...sorry.)
>----------
>From: Ray Ghanbari[SMTP:ray@mayo.edu]
>Sent: Monday, March 09, 1998 1:47 PM
>To: vectorlist@spies.com
>Cc: Ray Ghanbari
>Subject: Re: Original ESB PCB for sale
>
>You wrote:
>> So maturity boils down to caring more about money... Otherwise you wouldn't
>> mind the space the originals take up & the money they cost (or that you can
>> get for them). Don't get me wrong, I agree completely - a modified Star
>>Wars
>> set is more practical than having both. But this "maturity" road if taken
>> too far leads to bad things...
>
>Perhaps it is time for Steve to publish his "Evolution of a Collector" FAQ so
>
>I have something to defend myself with ;-)
>
>As with most of us, $$ is not the driving issue (or my case, any issue...I
>prefer trades). My collecting maturity is more focusing on those things that
>
>had special meaning for me as a youngster, and not going after the most rare
>or
>most complete collection (same reason I traded my Blaster set and am selling
>my Joust 2)
>
>Put another way, you'll pry my Tempest from my cold dead fingers, but if
>someone else can find joy in owning an original ESB, I'm more than happy to
>help them out. If anything, the availability of the ESB hack means that
>those
>that really care about the game (rather than just playing it) will be the
>only
>ones bidding (==cheap). More power to them, and I'm glad for it...
>
>Now if someone could drum up an original Atari Pong for me, I'd be in hog
>heaven (first video game I ever player, and I still get goosebumps thinking
>about it)
>
>Ray
>
Received on Mon Mar 9 16:02:27 1998