26 Aug
1998
26 Aug
'98
12:34 p.m.
At 05:15 PM 8/26/98 -0500, you wrote:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Now *that's* historic! Western Digitals first (and last) CPU effort, the
first HLL ever implemented as an instruction set on a chip (afaik, anyway),
rare as hen's teeth (I'll bet it's scarcity is on the order of the Apple I),
not to mention that it was a *very* early 16-bit system that was actually
available to mere mortals.
It was a good idea; but as is so common in this business, the old axiom
held true:
No good deed goes unpunished.
I think WD lost their shirt on this one . . .
Jeff
Okay, everyone
with a spare IMSAI, let's all get together and have a few
"auctions" on e-bay. How about a reserve of $50K, starting bid at $15K,
$1K increments. That's just for a box, cards are extra.
Jack Peacock
I think I should realy try to evaluate the value of
one of my Pascal Micro Engines (btw: Has anyone out