12 Aug
1997
12 Aug
'97
4:01 a.m.
Carl R. Friend wrote:
This is another hot-button issue with me, having
seen what the
price of Altairs and the like is now. (No, the price is not
justifiable - other than the machines are very "trendy" right now
and speculators think they can make a killing on them.) However,
I would disagree with your statement that the price is not justifiable; as
we all know, the price of something is the price people are willing to pay.
The more people that are looking for these classics, the more they will be
saved from the unmentionable that happened to the PDP9, etc. For my part, I
would rather such computers were desireable enough that they are worth more
to a collector (cost wise) than salvage dealers; the marketplace will
decide what they are really worth. And just to call a spade a spade, of
course I would rather acquire these machines for free!