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From: Tothwolf <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
Date: Mon Jun 2 21:21:00 2003

On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, Tony Duell wrote:

> > What kind of machine could one possibly not admit to owning? That's
> > seems pretty wierd.
>
> MAchines that are _extremely_ rare spring to mind. Perhaps machines that
> exist as prototypes only, ones that were never officially sold, things
> like that.

Or, something that is *highly* sought after by dealers...

> How many people would publically claim to own a PERQ 3a, a PERQ T4, an
> HP95C, a DAP, a 370/E (which is not an IBM machine!) or something like
> that?

Heck, I'm beginning to regret ever mentioning that I'm gathering up JC80
parts (still searching, too...) I've had a number of commercial dealer
type people contact me with the wild idea that I don't want the parts that
I've been gathering up for the last 10 years, and would be happy to just
give them away so they could make a lot of money from them (actually,
there isn't a lot of money to be made from them these days, but try
telling that to some dealers...) Of course, I have no intentions on
getting rid of my JC80 parts (though I might trade some with someone who
has other parts if it would help me complete a system), as those things
are probably more difficult to obtain than an 11/750 or 11/780, and even
harder to make complete. Some of the stories are pretty funny, but I don't
want to post them to the list, as the archives are publicly available ;)

-Toth
Received on Mon Jun 02 2003 - 21:21:00 BST