On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, ben franchuk wrote:
> Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
>
> > At $880 I would *hope* I was buying an original. That is just scathingly
> > obscene for a modern day replica kit.
>
> Well if you don't reasearch what you collect that is your problem.
> While most things go for dirt cheap consider the value if any old
> computer equipment if you had to build it again.Look at the univac
> for sale on ebay ... More than most people can afford yes, less
> than the cost to rebuild yes as well.
Point taken but even if you were to build a Mark-1 you'd really only need
the original issues of Radio-Electronics. You can get those for under
$200 on eBay or free if you find someone willing to scan the pages. With
the exception of the 8008, the rest is trivial.
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Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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