Price guide for vintage computers

From: Eric Chomko <vze2wsvr_at_verizon.net>
Date: Thu Nov 1 21:42:38 2001

M H Stein wrote:

> Hate to prolong this already too-long thread, but that raises an
> interesting point; since that's exactly what most of us were doing in
> those long-ago days, hacking around the insides with our soldering
> irons, is it really a sin to do the same thing today instead of keeping
> them on the shelf in pristine condition?

Depends on the era and the hack. I think to make an Altair work, you
HAD to hack it. So, I'd rather have a hacked working machine then a
pristine non-working one.

But let's face it, I've also seen a hack that added functionality that had
a TTL chip epoxied back-to-back with pins sticking up in the air and wires going all
over. Looked like a nasty spider. On the same token I have seen a
daughter card plugged into a chip slot with a few wires going to a
pin row header and all daughter card wires neatly aligned. The latter
looked so good, in a way it looked better than a machine made board.

Eric

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> --------------Original Message--------------
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> Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 10:09:02 -0500
> From: Eric Chomko <vze2wsvr_at_verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: Price guide for vintage computers
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> <snip>
> Everything is fine with what you state as there is no right or wrong way to collect,
> IMO. The only exception I would take about your statements above is, if in your quest
> for beat up machines that YOU would beat them up in order to get them to your liking.
> I assume that is not what you do, but felt the need to mention it. Even though one's
> system is theirs and they can do anything they want to with them, I personally take
> exception to intentional damage of items. Again I am not saying that is what you do.
> <snip>
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