8 Apr
2012
8 Apr
'12
11:43 a.m.
On 04/07/2012 01:43 PM, Scott Mickey wrote:
Or why will some people pay many thousands of pounds/dollars for a square
inch or so of paper with printers ink on it. More commonly known as a
postage stamp. At least with classic cars and classic computers you can
do something with them other than look at them.
I, too, prefered it when these machiens were essentially worthless and
when yo'd be given PDP8s, PDP11s, HPs, etc. But that's not the case any
more. And I have to live with it.
-tony
I need someone to educate me as to why this DEC
hardware is worth
more than $1K:
eBay auction -
"DEC PDP-8 paper tape software, books and core memory card"
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320880958746
At first I thought it was a gag, but then I looked at the number of
bidders and the amounts.
Do you know any (for example) classic car enthusiasts? Do you know
any of them who have TRULY rare or historically-significant cars? Ask
them how much they'd pay for parts, or for entire vehicles. But, I
respectfully submit, if you have to ask the question, you wouldn't
understand the answer.