2 Mar
2016
2 Mar
'16
11:59 a.m.
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From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of william
degnan
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Subject: Re: Algorithmic pricing gone critical - Re: PDP-10 programming [was
RE: Dumb Terminal games (was Re: Looking for a small fast VAX development
machine)]
On Mar 1, 2016 8:19 PM, "Toby Thain" <toby at telegraphics.com.au>
wrote:
I still have my copy of the book by Michael Singer:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Introduction-DECsystem-10-assembler-language-progra…er+decsystem.
This is the book I used to program a DECSYSTEM20 in assembler, although I must have used
other resources to help me along that I no longer recall. The book is available at a much
more reasonable price than the Gorin book (which I don't have).
Regards
Rob
On 2016-03-01 7:36 PM, Sean Conner wrote:
>
> It was thus said that the Great Rich Alderson once stated:
>>
>>
>> For most hobbyists, even $100 is too much. I was simply astounded
>> at
the
>> chutzpah of the seller--right there on
the Amazon list--who was
>> asking nearly $1500 for a copy.
>
>
> I think that comes from an unchecked computer algorithm, not
> simple
greed.
> I think what's happening here is someone
(some Amazon third party)
offered
> the book for, say, $5. Another third party
scans Amazon for such
> books,
and
> offers it for say, $6, with the hope that you
(the potential buyer)
> will only see their their offer for $6 and buy from them, at which
> point they will buy it for $5 from the original seller, sell it to
> you for $6 and pocket the $1 profit. The problem comes when a third
> third-party seller sees the offer for $6 and does the same thing as
> the second one, only now they're offering it for $7, will pay $6 for it and
pocket $1 profit.
>
> Keep repeating that process and you end up with books selling for
$1500.
Or more:
http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=358
etc.
Remind me why HFT is a great idea...
I would think pdp 10 original books / manuals are hard to find.
-spc (Who knows? If you keep searching, you might find the original
seller selling it for $5 ... )