Slightly OT

From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed Jun 4 21:45:00 2003

--- "Dwight K. Elvey" <dwightk.elvey_at_amd.com> wrote:
> Hi
> I find it hard to believe that he'll come up with
> 1/2 mil to pay for this if he is willing to write poetry
> for $1.

Maybe his eBay account got hijacked. Seriously.

-ethan

> Most other auctions that sell high value items require
> the buyers to post a bond. It doesn't sound like this
> guy could post a parking ticket bond.

I also doubt the sellers expected the price to go that high: they
offer a 30-day money-back guarantee... Who wants to give back 5E+05
dollars?


> Still, if this was truly one of the original prototypes,
> it is in some sense priceless. I don't know if the reason
> given for removing the transmitter is valid. My undestanding
> was that the circuit was quite simple and didn't require
> significant secret circuits. It would be more likely that,
> like our own NASA, even prototype items were often used
> in real missions to save cost.

It's also possible that it was never intended to be flight-worthy.
Look at the Enterprise.

-ethan
Received on Wed Jun 04 2003 - 21:45:00 BST