26 Sep
2015
26 Sep
'15
5:35 a.m.
I'm not sure which is more amusing:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/191523958984
the price they expect to get, or calling it a 'mainframe'.
Noel
26 Sep
26 Sep
5:48 a.m.
Missing toggle switches = Not working for repair or parts. Value $500.00
On 26/09/2015 13:35, Noel Chiappa wrote:
I'm not sure which is more amusing:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/191523958984
the price they expect to get, or calling it a 'mainframe'.
Noel
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Wanted : KDJ11-E M8981 KK8-E M8300 KK8-E M8310 KK8-E M8320 KK8-E M8330
6:18 a.m.
Come on guys, we have been over this a thousand times. Value is
what someone is willing to pay.
And with 32kW of memory and resonable condition (no rust or
rodents) the price is not off by a factor of ten as you suggest.
Perhaps a factor two or three.
We'll see when the auction ends.
/P
On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 01:48:15PM +0100, Rod Smallwood wrote:
Missing toggle switches = Not working for repair or
parts. Value $500.00
On 26/09/2015 13:35, Noel Chiappa wrote:
I'm not sure which is more amusing:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/191523958984
the price they expect to get, or calling it a 'mainframe'.
Noel
--
Wanted : KDJ11-E M8981 KK8-E M8300 KK8-E M8310 KK8-E M8320 KK8-E M8330 
8:19 a.m.
On 9/26/15 6:18 AM, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
Come on guys, we have been over this a thousand times.
Value is
what someone is willing to pay.
And with 32kW of memory and resonable condition (no rust or
rodents) the price is not off by a factor of ten as you suggest.
Perhaps a factor two or three.
We'll see when the auction ends.
/P
This particular 8/e has been listed for months with no bites (note the
"last updated" date of June 9). I'm not sure this auction will *ever*
end. :)
Based on this, it's clearly overpriced. But I agree, based on what
8/e's have been pulling on eBay as of late, probably only off by a
factor of two.
- Josh
On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 01:48:15PM +0100, Rod Smallwood wrote:
> Missing toggle switches = Not working for repair or parts. Value $500.00
>
>
> On 26/09/2015 13:35, Noel Chiappa wrote:
>> I'm not sure which is more amusing:
>>
>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/191523958984
>>
>> the price they expect to get, or calling it a 'mainframe'.
>>
>> Noel
> --
> Wanted : KDJ11-E M8981 KK8-E M8300 KK8-E M8310 KK8-E M8320 KK8-E M8330
6:49 a.m.
Pocket change compared to what the seller wants for this Olivetti Programma 101, priced to
go!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Olivetti-PROGRAMMA-101-signed-by-one-of-the-authors…
To me the signing on the top of the case sort of spoils the clean appearance, I think if
would have been better if it had been on the bottom or inside the case. Not every
designer is as famous as Woz :)
Steve.
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Subject: Cloud-cuckoo land
From: "Noel Chiappa" <jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
Date: Sat, September 26, 2015 10:35 pm
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
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I'm not sure which is more amusing:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/191523958984
the price they expect to get, or calling it a 'mainframe'.
Noel
12:59 p.m.
Don't forget about this one:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/191698368565
$17k for a CRT and a keyboard in a (beat up) wood case. He's missing the
box with the electronics, and, clearly, the cables... At least it isn't
signed!
b
On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 9:49 AM, <steven at malikoff.com> wrote:
Pocket change compared to what the seller wants for
this Olivetti
Programma 101, priced to go!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Olivetti-PROGRAMMA-101-signed-by-one-of-the-authors…
To me the signing on the top of the case sort of spoils the clean
appearance, I think if would have been better if it had been on the bottom
or inside the case. Not every
designer is as famous as Woz :)
Steve.
1:45 p.m.
the cluelessness of the descriptive text on that basic 4 ad. hilarious.
'there are only two mainframes i know of in existence.'
On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Brian Walenz <thebri at gmail.com> wrote:
Don't forget about this one:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/191698368565
$17k for a CRT and a keyboard in a (beat up) wood case. He's missing the
box with the electronics, and, clearly, the cables... At least it isn't
signed!
b
On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 9:49 AM, <steven at malikoff.com> wrote:
Pocket change compared to what the seller wants
for this Olivetti
Programma 101, priced to go!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Olivetti-PROGRAMMA-101-signed-by-one-of-the-authors…
To me the signing on the top of the case sort of
spoils the clean
appearance, I think if would have been better if it had been on the
bottom
or inside the case. Not every
designer is as famous as Woz :)
Steve.
2:35 p.m.
Crap I paid $22,500 for mine.
Bill Degnan
twitter: billdeg
vintagecomputer.net
On Sep 26, 2015 4:45 PM, "Jacob Ritorto" <jacob.ritorto at gmail.com>
wrote:
the cluelessness of the descriptive text on that basic
4 ad. hilarious.
'there are only two mainframes i know of in existence.'
On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Brian Walenz <thebri at gmail.com> wrote:
Don't forget about this one:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/191698368565
$17k for a CRT and a keyboard in a (beat up) wood case. He's missing the
box with the electronics, and, clearly, the cables... At least it isn't
signed!
b
On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 9:49 AM, <steven at malikoff.com> wrote:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Olivetti-PROGRAMMA-101-signed-by-one-of-the-authors…
Pocket change compared to what the seller wants
for this Olivetti
Programma 101, priced to go!
To me the
signing on the top of the case sort of spoils the clean
appearance, I think if would have been better if it had been on the
bottom
or inside the case. Not every
designer is as famous as Woz :)
Steve.
2:44 p.m.
Come on?it?s free shipping!
On Sep 26, 2015, at 5:35 PM, william degnan
<billdegnan at gmail.com> wrote:
Crap I paid $22,500 for mine.
Bill Degnan
twitter: billdeg
vintagecomputer.net
On Sep 26, 2015 4:45 PM, "Jacob Ritorto" <jacob.ritorto at gmail.com>
wrote:
> the cluelessness of the descriptive text on that basic 4 ad. hilarious.
> 'there are only two mainframes i know of in existence.'
>
> On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Brian Walenz <thebri at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Don't forget about this one:
>>
>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/191698368565
>>
>> $17k for a CRT and a keyboard in a (beat up) wood case. He's missing the
>> box with the electronics, and, clearly, the cables... At least it isn't
>> signed!
>>
>> b
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 9:49 AM, <steven at malikoff.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Pocket change compared to what the seller wants for this Olivetti
>>> Programma 101, priced to go!
>>>
>>>
>>
>
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Olivetti-PROGRAMMA-101-signed-by-one-of-the-authors…
>>> To me the signing on the top of the case sort of spoils the clean
>>> appearance, I think if would have been better if it had been on the
>> bottom
>>> or inside the case. Not every
>>> designer is as famous as Woz :)
>>>
>>> Steve.
>>>
>>>
>>
>
6:35 p.m.
On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 03:59:39PM -0400, Brian Walenz wrote:
$17k for a CRT and a keyboard in a (beat up) wood
case.
For some reason this got me looking at "mainframe" on eBay search.
Good lord.
I need to tell these children "if you could pick it up, it was not a
mainframe."
I'm sorry I looked ...
mcl
8:16 p.m.
I like the irony of a plastics company using a wooden computer, even if the asking price
seems quite ambitious.
--
Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
http://www.nf6x.net/
9:06 p.m.
On Sat, Sep 26, 2015, Mark Linimon wrote:
On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 03:59:39PM -0400, Brian Walenz
wrote:
What? -- what's wrong with "Altair Era" "S-100 Mainframes"?
$17k for a CRT and a keyboard in a (beat up) wood
case.
For some reason this got me looking at "mainframe" on eBay search.
Good lord.
I need to tell these children "if you could pick it up, it was not a
mainframe."
I'm sorry I looked ...
mcl
--
Eric Christopherson
10:44 p.m.
I'm sorry I looked ...
Looking through my old Bytes many manufacturers referred to their CPU housings as
"mainframes". Whether correct or not the terms appears to have been used to
identify CPU housings that could be picked up - although w/ an associated hernia or two.
-Ali
What? -- what's wrong with "Altair Era" "S-100 Mainframes"?
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