17 Dec
2005
17 Dec
'05
3:36 a.m.
On 12/16/05 7:51 PM, "Scott Stevens" <chenmel at earthlink.net> wrote:
On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:52:21 -0600
Jim Leonard <trixter at oldskool.org> wrote:
Almost all 8-bit cards are increasingly rare with time. I go out
of my way these days just to get ahold of ANY 8-bit ISA hardware
at all, even 'common' cards are growing 'rare.' The PC and XT
machines I got this past week are almost a 'fluke'- machines from
the 'back room' of an industrial test lab. You don't find
8088-era hardware anywhere except in rare exceptions anymore.
(and when I do, I almost always am the only person who wants it,
and get it for virtually free, i.e. the complete PC Convertible I
got several years ago at auction for a dollar, and the two Kaypro
Portables at the same auction for a buck. And the wonderful
Compaq Portable III I recently got)
Think of this - PC/XT given to a thrift store. They put an asking price on t
of $50 !! For 'VINTAGE HARDWARE - 60s/70s EARLY COMPUTER' and refuse to
renegotiate. How is a 16 year old supposed to work THAT over?