22 Jul
1997
22 Jul
'97
3:19 a.m.
On Tue, 22 Jul 1997, Tim Shoppa wrote:
Yet if I make
a mention that I have a front-panel IMSAI I get hundreds of emails
from collectors and pseudo-collectors-wannabes who would bend over backwards
to pay me good money for it. Are the only machines that
people collect trendy micros that have been featured in the "collectible"
column of the _LA Times_ and the like? Are classic minis, including PDP-11's
and DG mini's only items for the junk heap? (Outside the efforts of
me, Jeff Shirley, and a couple heroic folks in Rhode Island, that is?)
I can't speak for everyone, but for some of us the problem isn't that
PDP-11's aren't "trendy" enough, the problem is space. I would love to
have some classic minis, but I'm having a hard enough time storing (and
moving twice in the past 7 months) my collection of 30-odd micros. So...
If anyone is willing to give me free storage space in the Saskatoon area,
I'll drive down to BC and pick up a few of your minis you want to give
away! (And yes, I'll take an IMSAI too.)
Tim.
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