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From: Doug Yowza <yowza_at_yowza.com>
Date: Sun Dec 13 15:19:10 1998

On Sun, 13 Dec 1998, Sam Ismail wrote:

> In that case this makes the Sol-20 much rarer than the Altair (~10,000
> ever produced). The Sol-20 is a much cooler and more interesting machine
> than the Altair anyway.

I assume it's the *original* Altair that's in big demand, and I'm sure
there were less than 10,000 "straight" 8800's made (at least, the serial
number has a distinct 10K problem).

But, as we've seen, for those speculators who apparently don't know any
better, even a late model turnkey can fetch upwards of $4K.

-- Doug
Received on Sun Dec 13 1998 - 15:19:10 GMT