17 Aug
2008
17 Aug
'08
10:28 p.m.
-- Jim Battle <frustum at pacbell.net> wrote:
Dave McGuire wrote:
On Aug 17, 2008, at 10:20 AM, Steven Hirsch wrote:
Yeah, and I guess the whole notion of the classic computers hobby
being a level playing field was also restricted to this list.
Ooops, I guess not even that is true anymore, huh?
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Just curious if the person who owns this eBay
store is a list regular?
And, more the the point, do they actually get anyone to pay nearly
$500 for an AT&T PC7300?
I sold one for $300 last summer. Remember, this whole notion of
classic computers never being worth any actual money is pretty much
restricted to this mailing list. 
18 Aug
18 Aug
8:31 a.m.
On Aug 18, 2008, at 5:28 AM, jeff.kaneko at juno.com wrote:
Yeah, and I guess the whole notion of the classic computers hobby
being a level playing field was also restricted to this list.
Ooops, I guess not even that is true anymore, huh?
Does anyone seriously believe that there's ANY hobby that's always
free?
And another thing. I'm flat broke, have had no work for months,
and am weeks away from becoming yet another foreclosure statistic in
America, Inc...and even in that situation, I'm having absolutely no
trouble pursuing the classic computers hobby. Just last week, with
the help of a list member, I adopted a complete, pristine IBM System/
36 system. (story and pics coming soon)
Sure, I could whine that I'm dying to get my hands on a PDP-8/a
(which I am, for personal reasons) but every time they show up on
eBay, they go for more than I can afford to spend. I just don't
think it makes any sense to wish something was available for free
simply because I want it.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
Just curious if the person who owns this eBay store is
a list
regular?
And, more the the point, do they actually get anyone to pay nearly
$500 for an AT&T PC7300?
I sold one for $300 last summer. Remember, this whole notion of
classic computers never being worth any actual money is pretty much
restricted to this mailing list.
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