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Pete Davies: The ‘Invadar’ Arcade Collection

117 points by GuiA 10y ago

pcunite 10y ago
When you die, other people get your stuff. So, I think you should use that stuff ... now. :-)
- jay-anderson 10y ago
  Very good point. I think my grandma did a good job of giving things away before she died. I showed interest in some music books I found on her shelves and she gave them to me right away (I wasn't asking for them). At least giving things away before you die you can see others use and enjoy them. Especially when you think you're not going to get the chance to use it again.
- praptak 10y ago
  My friend had a really cool grandma, she used to slip him pocket money accompanied by sayings like "Shrouds have no pockets". That used to upset his parents, adding to the coolness.
- donretag 10y ago
  But sometimes, that do not realize what your stuff is. When I pass, will someone recognize that my VU/Warhol Banana poster is actually autographed by Lou Reed? Will they identify the Scotty Moore and Johnny Ramone autographs? The uniqueness of some of my guitars and my vinyl collection? Some things have value only to myself, others if they know what the item really is. The best is to simply value memories and not possessions. But at least those guitars get played and the vinyl is appreciated right now.
endgame 10y ago
The plaques are a really nice touch. Very respectful.
- sdrothrock 10y ago
  I agree. I sort of wished that the plaques had had a QR code or a link to the write-up too; it made me think that it would be cool to have a service for that kind of thing, where an object passed through several owners could be traced back to each (willing participant) owner, who would have a little write-up of their history and the object. "If XXXX could speak."
Karuma 10y ago
This is a good website to try the "Reader View" button in Firefox.
- Washuu 10y ago
  Here is stylesheet that can be tossed into Stylish to fix that terrible layout. @namespace url(http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml); http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml); @-moz-document domain("arcadeblogger.com") { .has-post-thumbnail.is-singular:not(.home):not(.single-format-image):not(.page-template-eventbrite-index) .entry-header, .is-singular .entry-media { border: unset; left: unset; position: relative; width: 100%; } .is-singular:not(.home) .site-inner { width: 100%; } #bit.loggedout-follow-normal { display: none; } }
Animats 10y ago
It's hard to keep collections of large objects going. I have too many Teletype machines. An entire telephone museum was auctioned off lately. The Museum of Communications in Seattle is only open Sunday from 10 am to 3:00 pm. And just try to find a home for a Linotype.
- godzillabrennus 10y ago
  There just isn't enough demand from the public to require monuments be built to house this stuff. Sad as that may seem I'm hoping virtual reality helps future generations appreciate the stuff of bygone eras.
  - otoburb 10y ago
    It will be difficult to appreciate the full sensory range of stuff from bygone eras without touch/pressure and smell to accompany the VR reconstructions. I hope researchers and VR companies can perfect these as fast follow-on feature enhancements to VR environments.
    - derefr 10y ago
      Mind you, you don't usually get to touch or smell museum pieces, either. Glass cases and all.
    - jeffbarr 10y ago
      Good luck recreating the tactile feel of a model 33 Teletype's keys, or the smell of a Linotype's pot of molten lead.
  - chaostheory 10y ago
    Well maybe not enough demand for physical monuments, but we can build a virtual one right now without the need for VR on my site: http://www.theymadethat.com/things/iua/teletype-model-28 http://www.theymadethat.com/things/iua/teletype-model-28 So what this offers over other mediums is a more standardized, visual context: - It shows different variants / versions of the Teletype Model 28 - It also shows Teletype models that precede it as well as models that succeed it - It can also show all of the parts of a Teletype Model 28 (assuming we have the data) - It can also show all of the people involved with the Model 28 (sadly I can't find this... yet) Let me know if there's anything that we're missing in terms of capturing history.
lips 10y ago
This is the first time a HN link made me cry. In the bittersweet way.
eddie_catflap 10y ago
Enjoyed the post and nice to see the guys collection being preserved and honoured in that way. Personally though, the best bit was the picture of the "No Man's Land" cabinet, which is a game I've been struggling to find since playing it on holiday back in the early eighties. Never saw it again and couldn't recall the name of it to look it up on MAME.

117 points by GuiA 10y ago

pcunite 10y ago

When you die, other people get your stuff. So, I think you should use that stuff ... now. :-)

jay-anderson 10y ago
Very good point. I think my grandma did a good job of giving things away before she died. I showed interest in some music books I found on her shelves and she gave them to me right away (I wasn't asking for them). At least giving things away before you die you can see others use and enjoy them. Especially when you think you're not going to get the chance to use it again.
praptak 10y ago
My friend had a really cool grandma, she used to slip him pocket money accompanied by sayings like "Shrouds have no pockets". That used to upset his parents, adding to the coolness.
donretag 10y ago
But sometimes, that do not realize what your stuff is. When I pass, will someone recognize that my VU/Warhol Banana poster is actually autographed by Lou Reed? Will they identify the Scotty Moore and Johnny Ramone autographs? The uniqueness of some of my guitars and my vinyl collection? Some things have value only to myself, others if they know what the item really is. The best is to simply value memories and not possessions. But at least those guitars get played and the vinyl is appreciated right now.

endgame 10y ago

The plaques are a really nice touch. Very respectful.

sdrothrock 10y ago
I agree. I sort of wished that the plaques had had a QR code or a link to the write-up too; it made me think that it would be cool to have a service for that kind of thing, where an object passed through several owners could be traced back to each (willing participant) owner, who would have a little write-up of their history and the object. "If XXXX could speak."

Karuma 10y ago

This is a good website to try the "Reader View" button in Firefox.

Washuu 10y ago
Here is stylesheet that can be tossed into Stylish to fix that terrible layout. @namespace url(http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml); http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml); @-moz-document domain("arcadeblogger.com") { .has-post-thumbnail.is-singular:not(.home):not(.single-format-image):not(.page-template-eventbrite-index) .entry-header, .is-singular .entry-media { border: unset; left: unset; position: relative; width: 100%; } .is-singular:not(.home) .site-inner { width: 100%; } #bit.loggedout-follow-normal { display: none; } }

Animats 10y ago

It's hard to keep collections of large objects going. I have too many Teletype machines. An entire telephone museum was auctioned off lately. The Museum of Communications in Seattle is only open Sunday from 10 am to 3:00 pm. And just try to find a home for a Linotype.

godzillabrennus 10y ago
There just isn't enough demand from the public to require monuments be built to house this stuff. Sad as that may seem I'm hoping virtual reality helps future generations appreciate the stuff of bygone eras.
- otoburb 10y ago
  It will be difficult to appreciate the full sensory range of stuff from bygone eras without touch/pressure and smell to accompany the VR reconstructions. I hope researchers and VR companies can perfect these as fast follow-on feature enhancements to VR environments.
  - derefr 10y ago
    Mind you, you don't usually get to touch or smell museum pieces, either. Glass cases and all.
  - jeffbarr 10y ago
    Good luck recreating the tactile feel of a model 33 Teletype's keys, or the smell of a Linotype's pot of molten lead.
- chaostheory 10y ago
  Well maybe not enough demand for physical monuments, but we can build a virtual one right now without the need for VR on my site: http://www.theymadethat.com/things/iua/teletype-model-28 http://www.theymadethat.com/things/iua/teletype-model-28 So what this offers over other mediums is a more standardized, visual context: - It shows different variants / versions of the Teletype Model 28 - It also shows Teletype models that precede it as well as models that succeed it - It can also show all of the parts of a Teletype Model 28 (assuming we have the data) - It can also show all of the people involved with the Model 28 (sadly I can't find this... yet) Let me know if there's anything that we're missing in terms of capturing history.

lips 10y ago

This is the first time a HN link made me cry. In the bittersweet way.

eddie_catflap 10y ago

Enjoyed the post and nice to see the guys collection being preserved and honoured in that way. Personally though, the best bit was the picture of the "No Man's Land" cabinet, which is a game I've been struggling to find since playing it on holiday back in the early eighties. Never saw it again and couldn't recall the name of it to look it up on MAME.