Altair Speculation

From: Hans Franke <franke_at_sbs.de>
Date: Mon Nov 9 08:27:53 1998

>> 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

USD 4600 ? Geee - you're all crazy Americanos.

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

Maybe around his frieds the TRS realy took over - just
remember how narrow some peoples view is.

Gruss
hans

--
Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
Received on Mon Nov 09 1998 - 08:27:53 GMT

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