a train if thought reoccurring to me is that collecting old hardware, software, or games, has the same appeal as collecting old books. you feel like you are saving something meaningful. getting rid of it just feels wrong.
i have all this very old microsoft software. it’s completely useless but i can’t bring myself to get rid of it. even tho it’s been preserved elsewhere. it almost feels like throwing away a book.
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@alienmelon we just lucked out getting someone else's entire amiga collection full of magazine coverdisks. they're all archived somewhere, but these are physically mine now, and i can poke around with them without having to deal with pulling from archives
@mavica_again @alienmelon omg that must be amazing to explore! that’s so cool.