"The Mark-8 was an Intel 8008" was Re: I thought the Univac was expensive

From: Wayne M. Smith <wmsmith_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Thu Jul 3 00:04:01 2003

>> It is an interesting batch of sales. If you look at their
>> other listings
>> there is an Intel iPSC, a MASPAR and what I think is an IBM
>> 5100 listed with the a
>> strange title "The Mark-8 was an Intel 8008" listed in "antiques."
>>
>>
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=12&item=254275
7186
>
> I, too, am inclined that the seller has a problem with decimals. I
think they
> are very unfamiliar with eBay, having just registered. The ads are in
the
> wrong categories. The descriptions are not what would sell a piece of
equipment.
> Also seller in Japan, listed on the Australian eBay site with shipping
in
> misquoted US Dollars. I suspect a Newbie or possibly fraudulent (low
probability
> but worth being very careful)
>
> Does anyone recognize the pictures as being from somewhere else on the
WEB.
> Many Japanese are collectors so it could be an original collection.
The high
> valuations lead me to think it might be a collector.

This crook has posted a picture from the Smithsonian exhibit, swiped
from a UC Davis site:

http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~csclub/museum/items/merk_8_ibm_5100.html
Received on Thu Jul 03 2003 - 00:04:01 BST

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