18 Nov
2002
18 Nov
'02
11:54 p.m.
On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Erik S. Klein wrote:
I was considering bidding on this until the price
reached the
stratosphere. I'd be willing to bet that the buyer can find a chip
collector to take that C8080 off his hands for at least $1,500. On the
other side of lunacy I'd be willing to pay the winner something
substantially less then that for the Computer Notes that are part of the
auction.
It would be funny to think a computer collector is bidding on this with
the intent of selling the CPU to a chip collector to recoup maybe half the
cost, or a chip collector is bidding it up for the 8080 and is planning to
sell the Altair to recoup the cost.
At any rate, like eBay stock, it's over-valued.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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