28 Oct
2002
28 Oct
'02
6:49 p.m.
On 27 Oct 2002, Jeffrey H. Ingber wrote:
It is not unusual to find a PC in good condition as
they hold up very
well. I can put together the same machine (in as good or better
condition) in an afternoon after placing a few phone calls. These
machines and parts are out there - everywhere. There is nothing special
about that PC, and I don't think it's value will appreciate to the
stratospheric levels that some other machines have. Or maybe I'm wrong
and the tide has turned (as observed in this auction.)
It's temporary. Once more and more IBM PC's start to get drug out of
closets and garages and put up for auction to reap hundreds of dollars,
the auction prices will fall.
The same thing has happened to so many other common computers before. It
is a perceived rarity because many people only collect on auction sites
and are myopic otherwise. Once the auctions get flooded with the same
item, then the "rarity" factor is reduced.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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