31 Oct
1998
31 Oct
'98
7:59 a.m.
It's not that weird. Everyone knows that 286 and 386 machines are
crap ;) In fact, one reason is that noone gets attached to them, and
also because Pentia aren't that much different from 386s. So, no
nostalgia. And, I think that early PCs were a lot less useful than
some other machines of the time (like Commodores and Apples)
> At 06:49 AM 10/31/98 -0800, Seth wrote:
> >>
> >> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=38897455
> >>
> >> ...with a broken disk drive and still 6 days to go!
> >
> >Aaah, my favorite quote from the auction posting:
> >
> > "Again, the unit TURNS ON!! Incredible considering
> > the age of the thing. "
> >
> >I guess I should consider my PDP-11/04 a bloody miracle then ;)
>
> And I'm going out to the garage to bow in humble supplication to me
PDP-8/i!
Isn't it something that you try to sell the obscure in your local area
to have
people ask what you'd pay them to throw it away for
you but newer items
sell at
reasonable amounts. Get on something like ePay and the
weird and no
longer
desirable (by the average person) goes for weord
amounts and newer
machines
rarely get a look (ie 286 and 386 machines).
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