8 Jul
2004
8 Jul
'04
6:08 p.m.
On Thu, 8 Jul 2004, David V. Corbin wrote:
AARGH... Just looked on e-bay. There are a large
number of pdp-8 items
listed by a single vendor. Looks like 1 or more /m systems has been
disassembled. Feel like I am watching humpty-dumpty, will the pieces
ever get back together again......
Perchance we could all start a mass e-mail campaign against the
seller......
I did a reassembly of a vintage console radio after buying all the parts
off ebay and then the cabinet directly from the (local) seller... The
seller genuinely had no idea of what the thing was worth (and I may have
actually paid too much for it anyway). I still haven't had the time to
restore the electronics of that radio, but it is now mostly reassembled :)
I hesitate in telling the actual story of why it was sold as parts, as it
might horrify some folks.
-Toth