12 Jan
2003
12 Jan
'03
3:45 a.m.
On Sun, 12 Jan 2003, Ethan Dicks wrote:
Well... shipping isn't too bad for me - I can make
it to Rochester
without _too_ much effort (go to Cleveland and turn right), but I'm
sure that it's way out of the way for most of the readers here.
Storage? I'd consider putting my bed in storage and sleeping on the
couch! I'll be following this auction to see where the price (and the
computer) ends up, but unless I'm employed by the end of the week
(hah!), I doubt I'll even make a token bid.
I've always wanted one (my first DEC computer was a PDP-8/L I picked
up over 20 years ago)... well... always as in "since I first heard of
it"
Someone is going to be a very happy camper. Wonder where the reserve
is.
It looks like Al Kossow is the high bidder now, and he surpased the
reserve. I /was/ really tempted to bid on this, but apart from the
storage and shipping considerations, I don't want to bid against Al.
He's done too much good for the classic computing community as a whole
with his efforts to scan old documentation and get it online. There are
a /lot/ of docs and software being auctioned with this system; I really
hope it ends up in the hands of someone who'll do the right thing with
all of it.
-brian.