RANT Re: PDP-8 on e-bay

[edited out for brevity] Get OVER it guys and gals. Computers have developed collector value, the price will only go up until the demand is satisfied. Take a look at the number of zillionaire engineers created in the Bay Area and Redmond area alone over the last 5 years. These geeks are seriously into their retro throes and they have money to satisfy their urges. Look at it on the bright side, when you find a PDP-8 sitting in a dumpster in boston you can see, "WOW! Not only is this really cool, its worth some real bux! Boy is today my lucky day." Used to be it was just a cool toy. Its perfectly understandable to be depressed over the inevitable inflation given the collectible value but that is like a Van Gogh owner complaining that you can't buy them for $20 anymore. However, its a bit rude to call people names because they "let some people know" of an available system. --Chuck