Housing collections

Richard wrote: Obviously that's not an acceptable range ;-) In my (somewhat limited) experience, it's not the extremes you need to worry about, it's the duration. 10F or 110F isn't a problem for any unit as long as 1. it lasts less than 24 hours, 2. isn't operated during the extreme (duh), and 3. has a chance to warm/cool gradually before operation to avoid condensation issues. My hardware experience stops at 1977 so obviously I may be missing things like water-cooled Crays that should never be subjected to freezing temperatures, etc. I got over the pricing stuff a while ago (I snipe all my bids automatically using a service); what irks me currently is the wild range of prices. There are outfits who list things like somewhat uncommon PC and Mac components (drives, cables, a ROM, etc.) for $150 or more -- excuse me?? I guess 'old' equals 'goldmine' to the stupid people, and it bugs me to no end that you can't talk them down. Ebay stops being convenient at that point. -- Jim Leonard (trixter at oldskool.org) World's largest electronic gaming project: http://www.MobyGames.com/ A delicious slice of the demoscene: http://www.MindCandyDVD.com/ Various oldskool PC rants and ramblings: http://www.oldskool.org/