Baby Boomers Archives - The Silicon Underground David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Tue, 21 Jan 2025 01:37:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://kerosin.digital/rss-chimp16321610 Why have Marx toys dropped in value? https://dfarq.homeip.net/marx-toys-dropped-value/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=marx-toys-dropped-value Wed, 30 Aug 2017 11:00:37 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=13733 “Why have Marx toys dropped in value?” you ask? Blame Millennials. Well, actually, my generation bears more of the blame for this one. Blame Gen X. The value of vintage toys tends to follow trends, and those trends don’t necessarily

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]]> 13733 Commodore 64 common questions and answers https://dfarq.homeip.net/commodore-64-common-questions-and-answers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=commodore-64-common-questions-and-answers Fri, 14 Apr 2017 11:00:23 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=11347 I hear a lot of questions about the Commodore 64 over and over again. Many of them don’t warrant a single blog post. So here’s a list of Commodore 64 common questions and their answers. If you want to know

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]]> 11347 Estimating the value of a Marx train https://dfarq.homeip.net/estimating-the-value-of-a-marx-train/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=estimating-the-value-of-a-marx-train Tue, 23 Feb 2016 12:00:40 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=8224 One of the most frequent questions I see or receive directly about Marx trains is what a Marx train is worth, or the value of a Marx train. Of course without seeing the train, it’s nearly impossible to give a

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]]> 8224 Are video games a good investment? https://dfarq.homeip.net/will-videogames-appreciate-over-time/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=will-videogames-appreciate-over-time https://dfarq.homeip.net/will-videogames-appreciate-over-time/#comments Mon, 03 Jun 2013 11:00:49 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=6649 An article on Slashdot asked this weekend whether video games were a good investment. So are video games a good investment? Will they appreciate over time? The answer is generally no. Collectibles in general are not–they follow a boom and

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]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/will-videogames-appreciate-over-time/feed/ 2 6649 An O scale glossary of sorts https://dfarq.homeip.net/an-o-scale-glossary-of-sorts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-o-scale-glossary-of-sorts Sat, 16 Dec 2006 00:06:14 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1590 I just spent some time explaining some of the terminology that goes along with Lionel and other O gauge and O scale trains. So I thought maybe a definition of some terms might prove useful to somebody.

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