29 Dec
2004
29 Dec
'04
8:32 a.m.
I need 24 of your 12' 99.999% oxygen-free hyper-velocity
mono-directional silver-alloyed frequency-balanced serial cables with
the vibration-resistant electron-free plenum-grade jacketing, so my bits
don't get corrupted at 9600 baud. How much including shipping, please?
--jc
Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, John Lawson wrote:
So what would your definition be of folks who
turn this 'battiness' into
huge fortunes - selling 'specific alloy' special silver teflon-coated RCA
cables (...eeeww!) for *hundreds of dollars a freakin foot*!!!! And all
the other "audiophool" quackery, for that matter.
I'd call them Capitalists :)
Hey, I just wish *I'd* had the foresight
(and total lack of professional
scruples) to be one of the guys selling CD anti-vibration rings and
gold-alloy digital interconnect ribbons - to 'improve the sound' of your
machine...
I think I'll start selling a special line of vintage computer gear:
High-retention floppy disks - stores bits longer than standard media (on
average)
Non-abrasive mouse pads - preserves the underside mechanics of vintage
mice so they don't wear out over time
etc...