30 Oct
1998
30 Oct
'98
5:44 p.m.
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=37938902
...with more than a day to go!
And...
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=38897455
...with a broken disk drive and still 6 days to go!
I would say "sign me up" to officially endorse Haggle, but I was browsing
the listings and it seems that everyone starts their auctions at very high
prices (at least the antique section, I didn't check anything else)...
Aaron C. Finney Systems Administrator WFI Incorporated
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"UNIX is an exponential algorithm with a seductively small constant."
--> Scott Draves
30 Oct
30 Oct
6:41 p.m.
Aaron Christopher Finney wrote:
I would say "sign me up" to officially
endorse Haggle, but I was browsing
the listings and it seems that everyone starts their auctions at very high
prices (at least the antique section, I didn't check anything else)...
Haggle at least allows a regular "Bid High" auction as well as a flate rate
"Bid Fast" auction. The nice thing about the bif fast is that the seller posts
a price (listed as starting bid) and the first person to bid that amount
closes the auction, essentially the same as if you posted a machine for $10
and the first person to firmly offer you that was the buyer. It's nice for the
buyer especially since theyknow what the price is, and no games chasing other
bids throughout the auction period. I like Haggle's rates as well. Ebay can
kiss my patootee.
Aaron C. Finney Systems Administrator WFI Incorporated
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"UNIX is an exponential algorithm with a seductively small constant."
--> Scott Draves
31 Oct
31 Oct
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4:51 a.m.
New subject: Ancient machines turning on (was Re: eBay strikes again...)
At 06:49 AM 10/31/98 -0800, Seth wrote:
And I'm going out to the garage to bow in humble supplication to me PDP-8/i!
-jim B^}
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The Computer Garage - http://www.rdrop.com/~jimw
Computer Garage Fax - (503) 646-0174
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=38897455
...with a broken disk drive and still 6 days to go!
Aaah, my favorite quote from the auction posting:
"Again, the unit TURNS ON!! Incredible considering
the age of the thing. "
I guess I should consider my PDP-11/04 a bloody miracle then ;)
5:06 a.m.
New subject: Ancient machines turning on (was Re: eBay strikes again...)
James Willing wrote:
At 06:49 AM 10/31/98 -0800, Seth wrote:
And I'm going out to the garage to bow in humble supplication to me PDP-8/i!
Isn't it something that you try to sell the obscure in your local area to have
people ask what you'd pay them to throw it away for you but newer items sell at
reasonable amounts. Get on something like ePay and the weird and no longer
desirable (by the average person) goes for weord amounts and newer machines
rarely get a look (ie 286 and 386 machines).
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=38897455
...with a broken disk drive and still 6 days to go!
Aaah, my favorite quote from the auction posting:
"Again, the unit TURNS ON!! Incredible considering
the age of the thing. "
I guess I should consider my PDP-11/04 a bloody miracle then ;)
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