8 Dec
1998
8 Dec
'98
12:48 p.m.
On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Tony Duell wrote:
Also, forgot to add - the subject 'Altair Collectors Association' is
a little take off on the radio group 'Collins Collector Association'
except that Collins gear is expensive, but darn good radios.
Well, it may just be a case of marketing in a popular journal, but
NONE of the above appeared on my radar screen as a curious teenager
in nowhere West Virginia, USA at that time.
Points well taken.
Chuck
cswiger(a)widomaker.com
After reading some of the sentiments posted recently, what I'm
hearing is that the price of Altair's is a bubble without
underlying value, that is, they may be somewhat rare but aren't
That's basically my view. actually
building and usually repairing it; the more
Sure. But there were other build-it-yourself machines that have not
attracted the prices of the Altair. Things like the 'Hewart Mini 6800'.
or the 'PE CHAMP'. Or the various Elektor computers. Or the Science of
Cambridge MK14 (although that one is somewhat expensive now). Or the
Nascom. All came as kits. Most of them are a few 10s of dollars