One That Got Away (was: Woohoo! Another DEC score!)

From: Hans Franke <Hans.Franke_at_mch20.sbs.de>
Date: Thu Nov 27 10:00:19 2003

Am 27 Nov 2003 10:40 meinte John Lawson:
> You guys are wimps - ya don't know from Stupidity when it comes to
> Classiccmp things.

> (looks out window wistfully nostalgic - pained - sorry - sighs deeply)

:)

> And so went an extremely rare Classic Computer worth now about $30K that
> I traded for a car that's now worth $60 - 100K restored (that I paid $1500
> for in 1972) and here I sit, nearly 30 years on - still kicking myself.

I love that story. It also perfectly adjusts the idea of
some people about the value of old Computers ... You got
a perfect valid comparsion here.

Gruss
H.
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