Classic prices

From: Doug Yowza <yowza_at_yowza.com>
Date: Fri May 8 01:39:59 1998

On Thu, 7 May 1998, Greg Troutman wrote:

> Man things over on eBay are getting hairy. A Sol-20 and IMSAI 8080
> recently went for over $600 ea. And the Sol-20 may not have sold
> because the seller's "reserve price" was not even met... Currently
> there is a MITS Altair 680 at $1,825 and an Apple Lisa at $500, both
> with over 2 days to go until the deadline. Oh well, it's back to the
> old thrift and scrounge circuit for me.

Yup, computer collecting is becoming fashionable, and prices are going up
everywhere on the net. You can still find good deals if you hunt in the
less travelled net-ground, though. I just got a pretty good deal on an
Ithaca Intersystems box, which is one of the coolest front-panel machines
ever made. The guy I bought it from just sold his Altair for $200 (I
missed it by >that< much!).

I'm surprised that with all of the $2K Altairs sold via online auctions
recently, there hasn't been more of them offered (even at that price, I
guess they're still cheaper than a new laptop, which is guaranteed to
lose 50% of its value in less than a year).

-- Doug
Received on Fri May 08 1998 - 01:39:59 BST