2 Oct
2016
2 Oct
'16
1:37 p.m.
On Sun, Oct 2, 2016 at 4:29 PM, TeoZ <teoz at neo.rr.com> wrote:
There are also the type of people who get into a hobby
and buy all kinds
of gear then get bored and ditch it a few years later.
-----Original Message----- From: Jon Elson
Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2016 3:32 PM
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Subject: Re: ka... ching!
On 10/02/2016 12:50 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
I have noticed a lot of "new" items coming into availability. People have
been horders of computers since companies first started letting employees
to take them home after depreciation. Plenty is still out there.
I still want to got to Cuba to find a Univac there. I have this feeling
that some thought-lost vintage machines are to be found there.
b
On 10/2/16 10:15 AM, Jay West wrote:
the owners, and people
use it for a while, upgrade, move to
a retirement home or whatever, and it goes to someone else.
Then, the cycle repeats.
Jon
I have a new theory. No new machines are ever
found, we all just keep trading ownership of them amongst ourselves,
sometimes with the same machine coming back years later!
Thats been a joke at hamfests for decades :-)
It is NOT a joke, it really happens. The old gear outlasts