6 Sep
2006
6 Sep
'06
12:13 p.m.
On Wednesday 06 September 2006 10:39 am, Bryan Pope wrote:
And thusly were the wise words spake by Patrick
Finnegan
True. But those prices were, for me at least, the ultimate bringdown when
it came to wishing I could have stuff that as it turned out I could no way
afford back in those days.
Excepting those ads that were for just TTL chips, and a bit later on LSTTL,
where the prices started out high and just kept on dropping. :-)
I know of a guy who used to run a business called "Washington Computers" that
had ads in some of those old magazines. He's expressed some interest in
getting copies of that stuff, so if any of you guys have any of those ads
and can pass along any scans, I'd sure appreciate it -- and I'd pass them
along to him right quick.
--
Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
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Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
Amazingly enough, I actually care more about the
articles than the
adverts in old magazines - partly because most of the stuff can't be
purchased anymore.
In fact, every time I've seen someone ask about a magazine on here, they
were asking for an article, not asking about ads in it.
I agree the articles contain a lot of useful information but the
advertisements give you a snapshot of the time they were created
and also usually gives you prices for the product being sold.