Altair - A different perspective - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

26 Aug 1998

At 05:15 PM 8/26/98 -0500, you wrote:
...
   Okay, everyone
with a spare IMSAI, let's all get together and have a few
 "auctions" on e-bay.  How about a reserve of $50K, starting bid at $15K,
 $1K increments.  That's just for a box, cards are extra.
    Jack Peacock 
I think I should realy try to evaluate the value of
one of my Pascal Micro Engines (btw: Has anyone out            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Now *that's* historic!  Western Digitals first (and last) CPU effort, the 
first HLL ever implemented as an instruction set on a chip (afaik, anyway), 
rare as hen's teeth (I'll bet it's scarcity is on the order of the Apple I),
not to mention that it was a *very* early 16-bit system that was actually 
available to mere mortals.

It was a good idea; but as is so common in this business, the old axiom 
held true:
                 No good deed goes unpunished.

I think WD lost their shirt on this one . . .

Jeff