On Wed, May 10, 2000 at 10:28:25AM -0400, johnb wrote:
> The buyers ("demand") will always dictate value. If no one wanted old
> computers they would be worthless (in a $$$ sense).
That was exactly my point. RCS/RI's KL10 was one that was rescued from a
whole warehouse full of 36-bit stuff that got scrapped because the owner was
unable to find anyone, anywhere, who would take the stuff, even for free.
And most of it had been deinstalled 100% working (unfortunately it turned
out that the FE on the one I got had been raided for parts, but on the plus
side I got a complete set of spare KL10 CPU boards, and it's not like 11/40
parts are particularly rare).
No one wanted the machines then, and generally speaking no one wants them now.
If you've managed to separate a few rich kids from the herd, great, but the
fact remains that among people who are well-informed about 36-bit machines,
there has been much more supply than demand, for the last decade at least.
Anyone who pays significantly more than the scrap value, is not looking
hard enough.
John Wilson
D Bit
Received on Wed May 10 2000 - 11:10:39 BST
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