13 Dec
1998
13 Dec
'98
9:03 a.m.
On Sun, 13 Dec 1998 Innfogra(a)aol.com wrote:
I have some gold chips that would be attractive to
collectors (8080s,
memory, 8008, etc.) but I have yet to figure out what to call them when
I list them on ebay. I am spending considerable time to try and figure
out what keywords people search for. I suspect my listings will be a
mishmash of related words when I get done. When I list these next year I
expect to see lots of chuckles about the prices I hope I am getting.
Tell us, and let us chuckle now. 8080's are available from any surplus
electronics shop in quantity. I sold one of my 8008's on ebay a while
back "the CPU used in the Scelbi and Mark-8, before the Altair!" and got
$15 for it. The chip collector niche is *much* smaller than even the tiny
computer collector niche.
We are at the beginning of a revolution, I don't
think anyone knows where it
will shake out.
The *beggining* of the internet revolution? You missed it by almost 30
years :-) (I was just talking to a guy who was there for the installation
of IMP #1 at UCLA.)
-- Doug