I took a look at this myself; I had to go see for myself.
People, I've gotta tell you, this is way past the merely
crazy-- this is total, unbridled, runaway *insanity* !
What is *our* hobby comming to? Whats next? Celebs
pooling their money for the original source listing
of AppleBASIC? (Complete with annotations by Bill Himself,
sealed in an argon-filled case?!?!)
This is becomming worse than those damned BeanieBabies (tm).
Oy, I think I need a stiff drink now . . .
Jeff
At 04:05 PM 8/13/98 -0500, you wrote:
When I saw the final bid on that altair, i nearly peed
myself.
Jim, if yer listening, I'm sending ya a check!!!!
(not for $4K tho)
Four IMSAI switch paddles and a SOL Keyboard kit :)
Tony
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kai Kaltenbach [mailto:kaikal@MICROSOFT.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 1998 3:44 PM
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> Subject: RE: Altair prices
>
>
> Geez, I'll bet our own Jim Willing is pretty disappointed
> that his only sold
> for $4213.
>
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=24405966
>
> What the heck is with that? Two Altairs auctioned
> simultaneously, with a 3x
> price differential.
>
> Guess I'm sitting on a fortune with my 5 Altairs, but I'd
> never sell them
> (and I mean that, whereas Jim used to say he'd never sell his either).
>
> Kai