Speaking of eBay

From: J.C. Wren <jcwren_at_jcwren.com>
Date: Wed Dec 29 16:32:37 2004

I need 24 of your 12' 99.999% oxygen-free hyper-velocity
mono-directional silver-alloyed frequency-balanced serial cables with
the vibration-resistant electron-free plenum-grade jacketing, so my bits
don't get corrupted at 9600 baud. How much including shipping, please?

    --jc

Vintage Computer Festival wrote:

>On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, John Lawson wrote:
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>> So what would your definition be of folks who turn this 'battiness' into
>>huge fortunes - selling 'specific alloy' special silver teflon-coated RCA
>>cables (...eeeww!) for *hundreds of dollars a freakin foot*!!!! And all
>>the other "audiophool" quackery, for that matter.
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>I'd call them Capitalists :)
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>> Hey, I just wish *I'd* had the foresight (and total lack of professional
>>scruples) to be one of the guys selling CD anti-vibration rings and
>>gold-alloy digital interconnect ribbons - to 'improve the sound' of your
>>machine...
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>I think I'll start selling a special line of vintage computer gear:
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>High-retention floppy disks - stores bits longer than standard media (on
>average)
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>Non-abrasive mouse pads - preserves the underside mechanics of vintage
>mice so they don't wear out over time
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>etc...
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Received on Wed Dec 29 2004 - 16:32:37 GMT