Bidding Against NASA

From: Douglas H. Quebbeman <dquebbeman_at_acm.org>
Date: Mon May 13 06:52:43 2002

Good Morning,

I think this may have come up some weeks back...

But among 8-inch floppy drives and other unspecified
items, NASA is buying up all the 8086 microprocessors
they can lay their hands on, specifically, to keep the
Space Shuttle flying. Not the more common 8088, of
course, but its 16-bit big brother.

Although as government agencies go, NASA doesn't have
deep pockets, it certainly has deeper ones than I do.
I should count my recent acquisition of the IBM 8 inch
external floppy drive as a soon-to-be-rare occurance.

Anyone else here ticked of that not only are they
trying to keep that questionable pig flying, but
they are doing it by reducing further the quantity
of collectable stuff? Screw the boost in value...

-dq

-Douglas Hurst Quebbeman (DougQ at ixnayamspayIgLou.com) [Call me "Doug"]
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Received on Mon May 13 2002 - 06:52:43 BST