RANT Re: PDP-8 on e-bay

From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_freegate.com>
Date: Wed Jan 20 15:54:34 1999

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Get OVER it guys and gals. Computers have developed collector value, the
price will only go up until the demand is satisfied. Take a look at the
number of zillionaire engineers created in the Bay Area and Redmond area
alone over the last 5 years. These geeks are seriously into their retro
throes and they have money to satisfy their urges.

Look at it on the bright side, when you find a PDP-8 sitting in a dumpster
in boston you can see, "WOW! Not only is this really cool, its worth some
real bux! Boy is today my lucky day." Used to be it was just a cool toy.

Its perfectly understandable to be depressed over the inevitable inflation
given the collectible value but that is like a Van Gogh owner complaining
that you can't buy them for $20 anymore. However, its a bit rude to call
people names because they "let some people know" of an available system.

--Chuck
Received on Wed Jan 20 1999 - 15:54:34 GMT