Altair - A different perspective

From: Marvin <marvin_at_rain.org>
Date: Fri Aug 14 21:20:49 1998

Tony Duell wrote:
>

> I am, alas, convinced that high prices have ruined several other
> hobbies
> (old radios, particularly) that I was once interested in. No flames
> for
> the people who sell at those prices - that's just good business. But
> it's
> a pity that I have to look at old radio schematics only, and not the
> actual sets in a lot of cases.

There have been several comments so far about higher prices reducing the
availability of older computers/radios/etc. As a point of discussion,
what can be done about it? If the intent is to work on and find out how
things work, I don't see *any* difference between an existing older
machine, and a new one built from existing schematics. Yes, I do
realize that some of the electronics are unavailable easily anymore.
Received on Fri Aug 14 1998 - 21:20:49 BST