12 Mar
2003
12 Mar
'03
2:50 p.m.
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, ben franchuk wrote:
Lets say I homebrewed a computer using a 8008 rather
than the Mark-8,
in 1975, and put it on e-bay today. Just because it is not as well
know as the Mark 8 , does this make it less of a collectors item
since it too is a 'original item'?
It is certainly worth preserving/collecting. But yes, since it doesn't
have the "Mark-8" name then it probably wouldn't fetch as much in dollars.
It might not even get as much attention.
But historically, it is worth every bit as much as a Mark-8 (if not more).
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