Selling keyboards without the terminal

[ED SHARPE]

all this   keyboard jewelry reminds me of people ripping keys off old vintage typewriters  that had the celluloid tops to make woman's jewelry  of........ very sad..  saw this happening in the  places that sold  this kid of stuff..
 
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In a message dated 10/20/2018 9:31:33 AM US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk at classiccmp.org writes:

 


> On Oct 20, 2018, at 2:03 AM, Doc Shipley via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
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> That's just nasty. Your invective, that is. There are idiots in any enthusiast group, and predators. Including this group, if we're honest. You want to talk conspicuous consumption? How many on this list, myself included, have spent a fortune on old computer hardware, and then another fortune housing it?

That’s not consumption. The items involved are not “consumed” - they are not destroyed or used up. Taking a piece of equipment and turning it into a keyboard plus N pounds of scrap is consumption. The equipment is destroyed.

> You guys want people to stop scavenging those irreplaceable treasures? Ante up, pure and simple.

Right, because availability of cash is the sole determining factor in a person’s worth. I guess someone should come pick up all this stuff then, I clearly don’t deserve any of it. I only spent ten years plus searching, called in major favors to get it here, and wrote two successful public projects to share the experience with other people - but very little money. What was I thinking? I’m sure whoever is able to shell out $8K from their trust fund to turn 1500 pounds of potentially working machines into a couple el33t h4x0r g4ming keyboards will be far more deserving than a filthy poor like me.