Who collects vintage computers?

[uxwbill]

I'm mostly into the IBM PS/2 lineup and have been almost since I first worked with them in the early to mid 1990s.

Even so, I've been unable to resist the appearance of many an old computer. There are a few old Macintosh machines here, some of which are one-owner specials in amazing condition. There is also a very sizable pile of random PC clone "junk".

People around here know of my interest and I've received both known and anonymous "gifts" on my lawn or driveway.

One thing that galls me (a topic for another day and quite possibly another forum) is the relatively new Illinois law prohibiting computers from being placed with general trash. Almost no one who collects computers for recycling or actually recycles them will let me have anything from their piles. This is infuriating.