13 Dec
1998
13 Dec
'98
8:36 a.m.
On Sun, 13 Dec 1998, Marvin wrote:
As far as deceptive practices, the only thing I might
take issue with is the
minor detail that most Altairs and IMSAIs I have seen use the 8080 rather
than the Z80. I guess a case might be made for upgrading to a Z80, but
again, there is nothing to stop a prospective buyer from emailing the seller
to find out more about an item.
Lemme get this straight. The guy uses S-100, Altair, and IMSAI in the
title, includes a little pseudo-Altair history in his ad, he's selling a
common Z80 ICE made in the late 80's, long after MITS and IMSAI were
shutdown, and you don't see this as deceptive?
What I like about it is that it seems to have back-fired. I'm sure there
are many more people that could use a Z80 ICE than there are computer
collectors, so he probably could have gotten a better price by being
completely straight.
-- Doug