16 Mar
2005
16 Mar
'05
9:46 p.m.
I have e.mailed and talked with "gold-snipper" in the past few years when he
has had Nova- and Eclipse-related items available. I believe Vince is most
accurate with his comment that it is a business for 'gold-snipper', he is
looking for $ for the items, and patiently waiting for a buyer is okay with
him.
Bruce
Wild Hare Computer Systems, Inc.
bkr at WildHareComputers.com
...preserving the Data General legacy: http://www.NovasAreForever.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "vrs" <vrs at msn.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 6:46 PM
Subject: Re: D.G. Nova/4 on ePay
From: "Tom Jennings" <tomj at
wps.com>
> On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, vrs wrote:
> > "gold-snipper" is nearby -- I could contact him, but I have no
knowledge
of
I've met him; he seems nice enough (bought a dual-rack 8e, with
peripherals,
Nova H/W.
Oh, I was just thinking generally. I don't know if he's absolutely
convinced the thing is worth $600, or isn't sure and thought he'd
try that, or just fishing, or what.
It also seemed to be a heads-up that gold-snipper at least was
aware of classic collectors; whether a friend, impartial
businessmammal, or bloodthirsty shark, I don't know, and a visit
might illuminate that. from him once). It is clear that it is business for
him -- he seems to
make
his money buying stuff at auction, selling what seems
saleable, and
scrapping the rest.
He has a lot of space and seems to be very patient about storing items
(that
he thinks will be worth something) until a buyer can
be found.
And finally, if he becomes aware it's really
not worth much
money-wise (shipping alone will be $100), and will sell it to you
'cheap', you could probably part it out and recoup maybe $100 if
you were so inclined. Like I said, I'd buy a memory or two, maybe
another IO card.
If it were PDP-8 stuff, I'd try to see what he'd take for it, but I'm not
very comfortable guessing what Nova stuff is worth.
Vince