Dick,
It still sounds like they have a significant collector and historical
value in their own right. Like it or not MITS was at the heart of the
micro-computer revolution. It would be interesting to see what one of the
boxs would bring on E-OverPay.
Joe
At 08:40 AM 7/3/99 -0600, you wrote:
>Thanks for the info. As far as I've been able to find out, which is lillte
>more than speculation, I'm afraid, these "MITS Hard Disk Controller" boxes
>were just prepared for trade shows and demos and were never mass-produced.
>Since I can convert them into something useful without damaging them in any
>way, I'll go ahead and do that. It would appear there were fewer than half
>a dozen of these made, and they were never mmass-marketed.
>
>Dick
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
>To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
><classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
>Date: Saturday, July 03, 1999 8:22 AM
>Subject: Ed Roberts
>
>
>>Dick,
>>
>>
>> I found the article that tells about Ed Roberts. See
>>"http://www.grocerybill.com/altair/index.html"
>>
>> Also the auction for the 8" floppies just closed. I got $30 for the box
>>of 3M floppies and $17/box for the others. There were only two bidders but
>>you can get their address at
>>"http://cgi3.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=122887882".
>>
>> Joe
>>
>>
>>
>
>
Received on Sat Jul 03 1999 - 13:38:38 BST