13 Mar
2003
13 Mar
'03
2:16 a.m.
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Jeffrey Sharp wrote:
the seller
He apparently tried to trade it for an antique car back in '96. See:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&…
n5.ML2%40iglou.com&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fq%3D%2522univac%2B3%2522%26hl%3
Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26scoring%3Dd%26selm%3DDyHIn5.ML2%
2540iglou.com%26rnum%3D1
On Wednesday, March 12, 2003, Bob Lafleur wrote:
> I see that the seller backed off his opening price to an even
> $10,000. And there are still no bids. ... I *hate* to see
him scrap
it.
If it still ends with no bids, I can arrange a meeting with to see the machine, and while there, try to
convince him
not to scrap
it.
He's had it for years now. I doubt he's going to scrap it.
Michael Nadeau brought to attention the fact that the seller
was featured in Chapter 7 of Kevin Stumpf's book on
collecting computers. He detailed the back in 1997 how he
tried to buy the machine from the seller but even had a
problem back then.
This guy will hold onto it until someone offers him twice
what he thinks he can get.
--
Sellam Ismail Vintage
Computer Festival