Altair prices

From: Jeff Kaneko <jeff.kaneko_at_ifrsys.com>
Date: Thu Aug 13 17:23:59 1998

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_at_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
Received on Thu Aug 13 1998 - 17:23:59 BST

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