20 May
2004
20 May
'04
6:30 p.m.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=162&item=413…
someone in the Midwest should pick this up.
20 May
20 May
6:49 p.m.
On May 20, 2004, at 3:30 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewItem&category=162&item=4132736470
someone in the Midwest should pick this up.
Most definitely... Encore made some nice computers!
7:09 p.m.
On Thursday 20 May 2004 17:49, Mark Davidson wrote:
On May 20, 2004, at 3:30 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
Hmm. I need to make more space in my storage unit... It's so close,
too... Agh.
Pat
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewItem&category=162&item=4132736470
someone in the Midwest should pick this up.
Most definitely... Encore made some nice computers! 
7:37 p.m.
New subject: "Digital at Work" on ePay
not my listing.
It's been a while since we've had a rave over an eBay
listing but here's one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4214743735
The "Digital at Work" oversized paperback.
Starting bid: US $185.00
It's a nice book but c'mon!
Boy do I feel lucky finding that one when it was published.
cover price $19.95
John A.
8:38 p.m.
New subject: "Digital at Work" on ePay
The "Digital at Work" oversized
paperback.
Starting bid: US $185.00
It's a nice book but c'mon!
I assumed that you were (quite rightly) whining
that eighteen bucks is a tad too much for a
book and had simply mistyped the price. But,
no, to my amazement, you have reported it
correctly. So obviously the seller mistyped
the price twice (since the BIN is $195).
It will be fun to see if it sells (and even more
interesting to see if someone wants it badly
and yet is foolish enough to enter an opening
bid rather than using the BIN :-)
Antonio
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8:53 p.m.
New subject: "Digital at Work" on ePay
On Fri, 21 May 2004, Antonio Carlini wrote:
Well, there are two copies presently listed on abebooks.com - one for
$250 and one for $297 - p'raps the Seller did a little homework first...?
Not that I think I'm ready to pay that much for this particular title.
[I've paid over $8000 for one book (a rare hand-blocked copy of Juvenal
The
"Digital at Work" oversized
paperback.
Starting bid: US $185.00
It's a nice book but c'mon!
I assumed that you were (quite rightly) whining
that eighteen bucks is a tad too much for a
book and had simply mistyped the price. But,
no, to my amazement, you have reported it
correctly. So obviously the seller mistyped
the price twice (since the BIN is $195). from 1590 - sold it 20 years later for $11K)]
Cheerz
John
8:56 p.m.
New subject: "Digital at Work" on ePay
On Thu, 20 May 2004, John Lawson wrote:
Well, there are two copies presently listed on abebooks.com - one for
$250 and one for $297 - p'raps the Seller did a little homework first...?
Why is this damn assemblage of dead tree pulp valued so astronomically?
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The "Digital at Work" oversized
paperback.
Starting bid: US $185.00
It's a nice book but c'mon!
I assumed that you were (quite rightly) whining
that eighteen bucks is a tad too much for a
book and had simply mistyped the price. But,
no, to my amazement, you have reported it
correctly. So obviously the seller mistyped
the price twice (since the BIN is $195).
9:45 p.m.
New subject: "Digital at Work" on ePay
Why is this damn assemblage of dead tree pulp valued
so astronomically?
Assuming you don't have the book?
It's half history by table, sets of products and date data all over the
place - and half history by story, people giving their recollections.
There's a ton of B&W pictures too. Maybe the best single book
on DEC _history_ if that's not clear from the title.
John A.
"All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking,
are willing to pay the price." --some cool dude
10:35 p.m.
New subject: "Digital at Work" on ePay
Why is this damn assemblage of dead tree pulp valued
so astronomically?
I have no idea. If this is the book I think it is, I bought it when it
came out (about 10 years ago), but nearly didn't. It's full of amusing
errors -- one picture that claims to be a VAX is certainly a PDP11 (or
vice versa), a microVAX CPU chip is obviously a memory device, one of the
other picutres is left-right flipped (unelss there was an ASR33 with the
punch on the right hand side, and a PDPx with all the front panel
markings mirror-reversed :-)) and so on.
It's an OK book, but it's not something I use that often.
-tony
8:48 p.m.
New subject: "Digital at Work" on ePay
At 07:37 PM 5/20/04 -0400, you wrote:
not my listing.
It's been a while since we've had a rave over an eBay
listing but here's one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4214743735
The "Digital at Work" oversized paperback.
Starting bid: US $185.00
It's a nice book but c'mon!
The seller is also a liar! He says that it sells for $260 on abebooks. I
checked and the first one that I found is listed for $30!
<http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?bx=off&sts=t&ds=30&bi=0&t
n=Digital+at+Work&sortby=2>
Joe
Boy do I feel lucky finding that one when it was published.
cover price $19.95
John A.
8:55 p.m.
New subject: "Digital at Work" on ePay
On Thu, 20 May 2004, Joe R. wrote:
The seller is also a liar! He says that it sells for
$260 on abebooks. I
checked and the first one that I found is listed for $30!
<http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?bx=off&sts=t&ds=30&bi=0&t
n=Digital+at+Work&sortby=2>
Look closer, Joe - this got me too. That first listing is for:
"Digital Work Force: Building Infotech Skills at the Speed of Innovation
(ISBN:0788188011)
Meares, Carol Ann (au); Sargent, John F., Jr. (au)"
The other two are the DEC books of interest, by Pearson and Olsen.
Cheers
John
9:10 p.m.
New subject: "Digital at Work" on ePay
At 08:55 PM 5/20/04 -0400, you wrote:
Oops!
Joe
On Thu, 20 May 2004, Joe R. wrote:
> The seller is also a liar! He says that it sells for $260 on abebooks. I
> checked and the first one that I found is listed for $30!
>
<http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?bx=off&sts=t&ds=30&bi=0&t
n=Digital+at+Work&sortby=2>
Look closer, Joe - this got me too. That first listing is for:
"Digital Work Force: Building Infotech Skills at the Speed of Innovation
(ISBN:0788188011)
Meares, Carol Ann (au); Sargent, John F., Jr. (au)" 
9:23 p.m.
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On Thursday 20 May 2004 19:37, John Allain wrote:
not my listing.
It's been a while since we've had a rave over an eBay
listing but here's one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4214743735
The "Digital at Work" oversized paperback.
Starting bid: US $185.00
It's a nice book but c'mon!
I stopped by E-Bay today and found a few other suprises
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1479&item=57…
$500!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1479&item=30…
$300
are 3100s worth that much now
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9:32 p.m.
New subject: "Digital at Work" on ePay
On Thursday 20 May 2004 20:23, Mike Kenzie wrote:
I stopped by E-Bay today and found a few other
suprises
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1479&item=57…
041679&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW $500!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1479&item=30…
272864&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW $300
are 3100s worth that much now
No, that's why they've been relisted and aren't selling...
Pat
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9:49 p.m.
New subject: "Digital at Work" on ePay
On Thu, 20 May 2004, Mike Kenzie wrote:
^^^^^^
Be still my heart! Seller grants the Boon of Buy-It-Now for the paltry
sum of....... waaiiit for it!........
USD$1,300.00 (!)
And I had to give $15.00 for mine. O well - too bad the VT540 is not
included - very poor marketing, no?
Cheers
PeeTee Barnum
10:27 p.m.
New subject: "Digital at Work" on ePay
Just tried to follow the link......
Item
The item you requested (30962) is invalid, still pending, or no longer in
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org
>> [mailto:cctalk-bounces@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of John Lawson
>> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 9:49 PM
>> To: ba600(a)ncf.ca; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
>> Subject: Re: "Digital at Work" on ePay
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 20 May 2004, Mike Kenzie wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1479&
>> item=30962
>> > 72864&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
>> > $300
>> ^^^^^^
>>
>> Be still my heart! Seller grants the Boon of Buy-It-Now
>> for the paltry sum of....... waaiiit for it!........
>>
>> USD$1,300.00 (!)
>>
>> And I had to give $15.00 for mine. O well - too bad the
>> VT540 is not included - very poor marketing, no?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> PeeTee Barnum
>>
10:35 p.m.
New subject: "Digital at Work" on ePay
On Thursday 20 May 2004 21:27, David V. Corbin wrote:
Just tried to follow the link......
Item
The item you requested (30962) is invalid, still pending, or no
longer in our database. Please check the number and try again. If
this message persists, the item has either not started and is not yet
available for viewing, or has expired and is no longer available.
Well, you need to remove the line-break from the URL. : )
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org
>>> [mailto:cctalk-bounces@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of John Lawson
>>> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 9:49 PM
>>> To: ba600(a)ncf.ca; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic
>>> Posts Subject: Re: "Digital at Work" on ePay
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, 20 May 2004, Mike Kenzie wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1479&
>>> item=30962
>>>
>>> > 72864&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
>>> > $300
>>>
>>> ^^^^^^
>>>
>>> Be still my heart! Seller grants the Boon of Buy-It-Now
>>> for the paltry sum of....... waaiiit for it!........
>>>
>>> USD$1,300.00 (!)
>>>
>>> And I had to give $15.00 for mine. O well - too bad the
>>> VT540 is not included - very poor marketing, no?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> PeeTee Barnum
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