22 Aug
1999
22 Aug
'99
2:39 a.m.
> I think that it's a load of crap. Old
computers for the masses.
Ruins it
> for the rest of us. Next thing you know, the
Antiques Road Show will
have an
"antique
computer" eposode.
Um, from what I heard, someone on the Roadshow said within the last year
that computers will become the next hot collectable. Someone locally told me that (I didn't see the show myself). So
it's too late for fear,
move straight on ahead to loathing.
Oh! I can't wait...
"Gee, that's too bad. If you hadn't rewound the transformer on that
IMSAI, it would be worth $50,000. But since it works, it's only
worth $25. Remember folks, never fix anything. The original non-working
lump of metal is worth far more than a machine that does what it was
actually designed to do."
22 Aug
22 Aug
4:31 a.m.
At 10:39 AM 08/22/1999 -0400, Bill Sudbrink wrote:
here
Well then... I guess my self-imposed 'vow of poverty' is safe for the
forseeable future since I have this nasty tendancy to prefer to have things
running. B^}
-jim
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> I
think that it's a load of crap. Old computers for the masses.
Ruins it
> for the rest of us. Next thing you know, the
Antiques Road Show will
have an
"antique computer" eposode.
Um, from what I heard, someone on the Roadshow said within the last year
that computers will become the next hot collectable. Someone locally told me that (I didn't see the show myself).
So it's too late for fear,
move straight on ahead to loathing.
Oh! I can't wait...
"Gee, that's too bad. If you hadn't rewound the transformer on that
IMSAI, it would be worth $50,000. But since it works, it's only
worth $25. Remember folks, never fix anything. The original non-working
lump of metal is worth far more than a machine that does what it was
actually designed to do." 
23 Aug
23 Aug
2:14 a.m.
At 10:39 AM 8/22/99 -0400, Bill Sudbrink wrote:
"Gee, that's too bad. If you hadn't rewound the transformer on that
IMSAI, it would be worth $50,000. But since it works, it's only
worth $25. Remember folks, never fix anything. The original non-working
lump of metal is worth far more than a machine that does what it was
actually designed to do."
I guess you don't watch the Antiques Roadshow very often. They routinely
dash people's hopes by saying "Gee, if back in 1950 you hadn't refinished
this 1820 chest of drawers, it would be worth $25,000. But now it's
worth $250."
It all comes down to each person's perception of value. And of course,
the sale price is ultimately determined one buyer and one seller.
- John
P.S. For the non-USAians, "Antiques Roadshow" is a television program
on the public television network. It travels from city to city, opening
up a convention hall to the public to bring in their antiques for free
appraisal by their teams of expert auctioneers and collectors.
5:34 a.m.
New subject: Re. imsai 2 (OT)
"Gee,
that's too bad. If you hadn't rewound the transformer on that
IMSAI, it would be worth $50,000. But since it works, it's only
worth $25. Remember folks, never fix anything. The original non-working
lump of metal is worth far more than a machine that does what it was
actually designed to do."
I guess you don't watch the Antiques Roadshow very often. They routinely
dash people's hopes by saying "Gee, if back in 1950 you hadn't refinished
this 1820 chest of drawers, it would be worth $25,000. But now it's
worth $250."
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