You can't have it both ways, fellows. If you don't want the "old" stuff to
become plentiful in the sense that there are viable copies available which,
in a sense, water down the market, and hold down the prices, then eBay will
set the prices, and you know what that means.
Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard A. Cini <rcini_at_msn.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Saturday, August 21, 1999 5:06 AM
Subject: Re. imsai 2
>On Fri, 20 Aug 1999 19:20:14 -0700 (PDT), Sellam Ismail
><dastar_at_ncal.verio.com> wrote
>
>> I think that it's a load of crap. Old computers for the masses. Ruins
>it
>> for the rest of us. Next thing you know, the Antiques Road Show will have
>>an "antique computer" eposode.
>
>>>Um, from what I heard, someone on the Roadshow said within the last
>>year
>that computers will become the next hot collectable. Someone
>>>locally here told me that (I didn't see the show myself). So it's too
>late
>>>for fear, move straight on ahead to loathing.
>
> Aw, crap...there goes the neighborhood.
>
>Rich
>
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