2 Jul
2003
2 Jul
'03
5:04 p.m.
> It is an interesting batch of sales. If you look
at their
> other listings
> there is an Intel iPSC, a MASPAR and what I think is an IBM
> 5100 listed with the a
> strange title "The Mark-8 was an Intel 8008" listed in
"antiques."
>
>
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=12&item=2…
7186
I, too, am inclined that the seller has a problem with decimals. I
think they
are very unfamiliar with eBay, having just registered.
The ads are in
the
wrong categories. The descriptions are not what would
sell a piece of
equipment.
Also seller in Japan, listed on the Australian eBay
site with shipping
in
misquoted US Dollars. I suspect a Newbie or possibly
fraudulent (low
probability
but worth being very careful)
Does anyone recognize the pictures as being from somewhere else on the
WEB.
Many Japanese are collectors so it could be an
original collection.
The high
valuations lead me to think it might be a collector.
This crook has posted a picture from the Smithsonian exhibit, swiped
from a UC Davis site:
http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~csclub/museum/items/merk_8_ibm_5100.html