Altair Speculation

From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_ncal.verio.com>
Date: Sun Nov 8 16:51:00 1998

On Sun, 8 Nov 1998, Doug Yowza wrote:

> It looks like a bunch of Altairs are coming on the market to feed the
> recent speculator frenzy. A couple of New Mexicans are dumping their
> Altairs. It looks like one was a Pertec employee, and the other is a
> surplus dealer who bought out a bunch of Altair stuff in 1984.
>
> The latest victim paid $4060 for a mere "turnkey" (no blinkenlights):
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=39333791

I especially like how he gives the TRS-80 all the credit for destroying
the Altair. Someone take the blinders off this guy.

Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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