28 Oct
2015
28 Oct
'15
7:42 p.m.
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Subject: Re: Up for Auction: Memory from the First Computer in Space
From: COURYHOUSE at aol.com
Date: Thu, October 29, 2015 11:29 am
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
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didn't they keep craft intact for display
etc?
heh who stole the memory then!/
anything is FLOWN in space has a high value.
we collect a bit of that but most is stupidly out of the price range.
ed sharpe archivist for smecc
In a message dated 10/28/2015 12:32:03 P.M. US Mountain Standard Tim,
paulkoning at comcast.net writes:
Yes the provenence of certified flown items really boosts the price. Just look at
what fragments of flown Apollo beta cloth and mylar go for on eBay, top dollar...
A couple of years ago I bid on a Raytheon module from a Block 1 AGC (exactly the ones
seen in the excellent short film 'Computer for Apollo' on Youtube), it went for
about $1200 USD. And it had complete unknown provenance, I don't think the Block
1's
were flown(?). At least I had the nice feeling I 'owned' it for a short time :)
Steve.