Hello to everyone here. I think this might be my first message I'm posting after interacting sporadically with FSXNet and doing some replies, and this time I'd like to expose a little, let's say, interior conflict I'm having with myself...

Well, let's say that, when I was younger, I used to collect every kind of things about tech or media, being it updated or retro, but now, as I grow older, I'm tending to prefer to have as less things as possible (as long as it's something I use everyday)

In other words, I'm having a phase where, from being a tech-junkie I'm going to keep things as tidied up as possible, and keep only the essential stuff I'm 101% certain I'm using.

To make a practical example: I used to have 2 postations on my bedroom and a lot of old hardware. I even used to collect and keep driver CD-ROMs of hardware that I don't even have anymore. But now, as I felt like my room started to feel smaller, I decided to tidy up my room, so I got "rid" of the superfluous, sold things I was certain I wasn't going to use, and even threw away the driver CD-ROMs (after dumping, scanning and uploading them on the Internet Archive). And instead of having 2 postations (2 PCs), I decided to get my Pi400 working instead of my 2nd PC (and my Pi400 works like a charm for stuff like paperwork and BBSing - LibreOffice ftw!) and I love how less space my Pi400 takes.

Another example: I used to buy lots of CDs, vinyls etc only to realise that I feel like I'm running out of space in my room to even store them, so now, when I want to buy an album (instead of using Spotify) I tend to buy it in digital (and load it on my digital music locker service) to hear it. After all, almost all my CD collection is ripped as MP3/FLAC and uploaded on my locker service. For now, I'm keeping my CD collection in my room but I'm not buying other physical CDs.

And, another one: I love retrocomputing, however even with that I have an issue of room space. I wish I had all the space to put my AMIGAs, C64s etc... So, whenever is possible, I use emulation on the computers I have. One of the reasons why I like my Pi400 is that, with PiMiga, it becomes literally a powered A1200 (considering that with an USB to DB9 adapter I can even connect my Quickshot joystick I used on my AMIGA), taking way less space!

The conflict is that, as much as I love collecting old media and tech stuff, as I grow older it feels like overwhelming to have that feel of having a lot of stuff and so little time to use it. So applying this minimization concept, it quite helps me feel less overwhelmed.

I wonder if you also felt something like that, and how you managed to keep your room tidied up.

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And, another one: I love retrocomputing, however even with that I have
an issue of room space. I wish I had all the space to put my AMIGAs,
C64s etc... So, whenever is possible, I use emulation on the computers I have. One of the reasons why I like my Pi400 is that, with PiMiga, it becomes literally a powered A1200 (considering that with an USB to DB9 adapter I can even connect my Quickshot joystick I used on my AMIGA), taking way less space!

I've decided to only collect systems/machines that are retro or antique... or have the ability to become that in a few+ years. (lol)

I keep one poststation available for the system I'm currently working with or collecting and have bins/tubs for systems that I'm not using at that moment... I have a Commodore bin, an Apple IIe bin, an MS-DOS bin, etc...

Currently I've an Apple IIe system at the retro poststation - and that will cycle in/out whenever I move on to something else. I (try to) never have more than one of these stations setup at a time... get all the Commodore stuff done before moving on to something else.

It's not perfect, but works for me - and boy, I'd never get rid of those tubs... right?



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I keep one poststation available for the system I'm currently working
with or collecting and have bins/tubs for systems that I'm not using at that moment... I have a Commodore bin, an Apple IIe bin, an MS-DOS bin, etc...

Currently I've an Apple IIe system at the retro poststation - and that will cycle in/out whenever I move on to something else. I (try to) never have more than one of these stations setup at a time... get all the Commodore stuff done before moving on to something else.

That's a pretty smart move, imo. Keeping these tubs or bins tidied up (with all the cables I figure) helps a lot when you want to find things easier.

This is, indeed, what I did: I divided the cables in different places, so I can find these easier. I think that at some point I should also do the same for my computers.

Currently, I have to say that I'm good with the setup I got: a Pi400 I use for BBSing and eventually retrogaming (I gotta figure out how to set it up with SSH) and my Ryzen 7 PC for stuff like work, music and gaming.

The fact that I can easily switch the SD cards on my Pi400 makes it very versatile, so I can go from Raspberry Pi OS to Retropie to Pimiga anytime!

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I keep one poststation available for the system I'm currently working with or collecting and have bins/tubs for systems that I'm not using that moment... I have a Commodore bin, an Apple IIe bin, an MS-DOS bi etc...

That's a pretty smart move, imo. Keeping these tubs or bins tidied up (with all the cables I figure) helps a lot when you want to find things easier.

Yea; I even print out guides/how-to's for literally how to USE the machine from the first command - this way someone other than myself, who knows nothing about a Commodore... a IIe - can start to load software without having to hunt for info.

The fact that I can easily switch the SD cards on my Pi400 makes it very versatile, so I can go from Raspberry Pi OS to Retropie to Pimiga
anytime!

This - I have a ton of SDCards all loaded up with different systems/projects that I can just pop in and get to work all on one Pi.



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