carlsson wrote:Oohh.. I can envision the year 2083 Antique Road Show (or if you wish, year 2283). Someone brings the old family heritage VIC-20 and asks the experts to tell more about it and value it. Too bad most of us will be dead by then.
I've wondered about that. Now that most original VIC users are 30-50 years old, they have the money to go crazy on buying VIC hardware for the nostalgia. They have an emotional connection to the VIC from their earlier years. This also drives the price of the stuff on Ebay up (highest point it's been at in about 10 years).
So are we experiencing a short-lived revival that will only last for our lifetimes? In 75 years, when all of us are dead, do you think this interest will die down.....no one will remember or appreciate the hardware like we do (except museums)? Will the stuff then become MORE or LESS valuable/desirable as an historic artifact?
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Well, a VIC-20 is not exactly a Rembrandt, a Stradivarius, a Fabergé or made out of pure gold (well, maybe one unit is, but not the others). On the other hand, we're looking to move further into a society based on high technology, so it is possible that early technological achievements - which I hope the VIC-20 can be seen as part of - will be highly cherished at least by a few. Even today, vintage computer collecting is not something every second person can relate to, unlike e.g. collecting famous paintings.
Yeah, I admit I was a bit of a geek in the 1980s. Then from about age 20 to 30 I tried to shed this a bit, but now that I'm married with kids, HEY I don't have to be cool for anyone. I just am being myself and having all the unabashed fun in the world with this old stuff!
And you know what? --- when people actually see what I have (in terms of 80s geek video game collection) a lot of them say "COOL! I loved [that system] as a kid. I WISH I HAD THAT"...to my total surprise.
...sometimes it probably prejudices me against new technology, etc.
