27 Jun
2002
27 Jun
'02
4:53 a.m.
At 08:35 AM 6/27/02 -0700, Sellam wrote:
The reason that Altair processor card got that amount was not because of
the card itself but because of the 8080 processor on it. Apparently, a
few chip collectors creamed their pants over it because it was an Intel
C8080, harboring some manner of significance to them.
The buyer was "prepared to go well over $1000 for that chip". That chip
is apparently listed as having a value of $1,800 on one collector's site.
Gee, it's like the classic computer craze of 1999 all over again.
Geez, I should pull the 8080 CPUs out of my Intel MDS 800s and hawk them. Plastic CPU
would work just as well and I could use the money :-)
Joe