Some people are just more chatty on the phone than on the keyboard. I've talked with Paul regarding various parts (and Paul, I apologize for not being timely in my responses, I need to call you back to work out the last details) and he's very friendly and informative. He just doesn't type out paragraphs and paragraphs on the list. I wouldn't even assume that everyone on this mailing list is a touch typer, considering the audience. For me, I hope Paul continues to post, even if its a 1-liner response to a thread that says "I have these". I note that Paul doesn't initiate these threads, he simply responds with availability information when its relevant. As for the "for sale" business, I find that unless someone says flat out in their message that its free for cost of shipping, or whatever, that there is always some horse trading or implied sale going on. I expect that most of us would easily pick up something that we came upon with fire sale prices just so we could turn it around to another collector for a little cash to subsidize purchases of stuff we collect. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline"-- code samples, sample chapter, FAQ: <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/> Pilgrimage: Utah's annual demoparty <http://pilgrimage.scene.org>

At 7:54 AM -0500 4/17/06, John Foust wrote: Well, I for one find his postings are a *lot* less annoying than those of a certain emulator reseller on comp.os.vms. Also, I'm aware of at least two other dealers on the list (or at least they were in the past), one of who I've done a sizable amount of business with in the past. Good questions, and do you offer Hobbyist pricing on anything? Zane -- -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh at aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | MONK::HEALYZH (DECnet) | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |