Intel C8080A chip brings $565 on EBAY

From: Ian Koller <vze2mnvr_at_verizon.net>
Date: Tue Nov 20 03:58:14 2001

> I can't believe that any nerd on this mailing list would
> denigrate a chip collector.

Sorta "like the pot calling the kettle black" as Grandma would say.



John Foust wrote:
>
> At 09:17 PM 11/18/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> >Better yet, give me all those old "worthless" purple C8080A's you have
> >laying around. I'll give you
> >$1 ea. for them so you won't feel like you're taking advantage of an
> >"idiot".
>
> No, these complainers about the free market's prices
> are just sad that their warehouse is full of junk that
> doesn't fetch high prices.
>
> I can't believe that any nerd on this mailing list would
> denigrate a chip collector. It's like the original Swiftian
> little-endian versus big-endian argument. But then again,
> maybe I think this way only because if I'm going to junk
> a piece of unusable computer equipment, or if I discover
> an unrecoverable wreck, I'll always yank the interesting chips.
>
> On the other hand, wearing a name tag that says "John Galt"
> in a room full of techies is an unpardonably cheesy offense.
>
> - John
Received on Tue Nov 20 2001 - 03:58:14 GMT

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