Actually, the chip was offered by a well known German collector. He found
two of these chips.
He kept one and put the other on EBAY.
I was bidding against another american collector who
probably has the largest collection of old microprocessors
in the USA.
We were the only two bidders. Other collectors were interested in the chip
(several emailed me) and did not
bid because they knew who was going to be bidding on the chip. I know the
guy I was bidding against. We
have traded chips in the past. I raised my bid once before he ever bid
because I was expecting that he would try and take the chip in the final
seconds of the auction. Instead he bid once, outbid my high bid, I came
back and started bidding (multiple times) until I finally took the high bid,
and that was that,
Before you dismiss us chip collectors as a bunch of "idiots", you might take
a few minutes and check out some
of the sites springing up on the net dedicated to
chip collecting.
A good example is www.cpu-museum.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Zach Malone" <Diff_at_Mac.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 9:24 PM
Subject: Re: Intel C8080A chip brings $565 on EBAY
> Either a lot of people canceled their bids, or that guy bid himself up
> to 505$, when no one else had bid.
> (http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=1296402506).
> Zach
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sellam Ismail" <foo_at_siconic.com>
> To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 8:39 PM
> Subject: Re: Intel C8080A chip brings $565 on EBAY
>
>
> > On Sun, 18 Nov 2001, John Galt wrote:
> >
> > > Link:
> > >
> > > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1296402506
> >
> > We've found the new reigning All-time Undisputed World Champion Idiot.
> >
> > Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer
> Festival
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>
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