31 Jan
2006
31 Jan
'06
11:16 a.m.
I was wondering have you guys ever seen piles of computer equipment that was
dirt cheap but you didn't bother grabbing at the time only to see them
become rare and desired later on?
Well, I remember passing over loads of ZX80s at radio rallies. Now, I am
told they're actually worth money... But as I don't collect for the
money, but for the interest of hacking about with the machines I don't
really regret it.
What I do regret is not buying loads of TTL (particularly S, and the even
more obscure H families), 8 bit micros and support ICs, etc when they
were current. Some parts are hard to find in the UK now. I was actually
quoted \pounds 25.00 for a plain 6522 VIA the other day (!). Oh well...
-tony