On Sun, 12 Jan 2003, Ethan Dicks wrote:
> > >> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2300403973
> Well... shipping isn't too bad for me - I can make it to Rochester
> without _too_ much effort (go to Cleveland and turn right), but I'm
> sure that it's way out of the way for most of the readers here.
>
> Storage? I'd consider putting my bed in storage and sleeping on the
> couch! I'll be following this auction to see where the price (and the
> computer) ends up, but unless I'm employed by the end of the week
> (hah!), I doubt I'll even make a token bid.
>
> I've always wanted one (my first DEC computer was a PDP-8/L I picked
> up over 20 years ago)... well... always as in "since I first heard of
> it"
>
> Someone is going to be a very happy camper. Wonder where the reserve
> is.
It looks like Al Kossow is the high bidder now, and he surpased the
reserve. I /was/ really tempted to bid on this, but apart from the
storage and shipping considerations, I don't want to bid against Al.
He's done too much good for the classic computing community as a whole
with his efforts to scan old documentation and get it online. There are
a /lot/ of docs and software being auctioned with this system; I really
hope it ends up in the hands of someone who'll do the right thing with
all of it.
-brian.
Received on Sun Jan 12 2003 - 11:45:00 GMT