Holy Crap! IMSAI's weren't this expensive when new!

There's been a lot of hardware sold on eBay that had no assurance that it would ever work, no documentation, missing parts, etc, and it's good to see that people are putting enough value on that by bidding up the items that are complete and, above all, CLEAN and undamaged. I believe that the reason eBay prices offend so many of the folks who follow this list is that they're accustomed to picking things out of the junk heap and subsequently putting forth the effort to turn the "sow's ear" into the desired "silk purse" by gather up what's needed to return the originally junk hardware in to something of use, and, hence, of value. These high prices simply reflect the fact that there are people out there who appreciate that it does take lots of effort to return a 25-year-old piece of stored-in-the-shed hardware in to a clean, functional, piece of computer memorabilia complete with documentation and software, that actually does something. Dick ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Williams" <dlw(a)trailingedge.com> To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 9:03 AM Subject: Re: Holy Crap! IMSAI's weren't this expensive when new!