21 Jan
2009
21 Jan
'09
4:17 p.m.
From: "Brian Knittel" <brian at
quarterbyte.com>
Subject: Re: Oxidation
But why would someone find that particular part of a keypunch so
desirable? I have many small parts of a verifier I broke up for spares
for my keypunch. At silly prices someone could make a career buying
keypunches and breaking them up for selling on eBay.
Roger Holmes wrote:
A couple of [keypunch drums] have come up on eBay in the last five
years and both went for silly money which to me means there are
more keypunches than drums.
That's one interpretation, but it just considers the scarceness
factor.
You also have to figure in the saneness factor. If you want a punched
card era memorabilis, a drum is a heck of a lot easier to ship, store
and display than a whole keypunch machine.