Altair 8800B sells for $2651

From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf_at_siconic.com>
Date: Wed Feb 11 16:38:59 2004

On Wed, 11 Feb 2004, J.C. Wren wrote:

> That Altair that was on eBay <
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2784770538 > sold for
> $2651. Sheesh.
>
> I have no real idea of their value, but my gut feeling was it was going
> to go between $1400 and $1700. $2651 surprised me.

It's a B model even. The disk drive subsystem that comes with it looks to
be in ratty shape, but it does have software is a plus. The ADM 3A+ is
not that hard to find.

"Winning bidder must pick up!"

Overall, a decent system, but I would agree that $2651 is way too high.
$1,400-$1,500 is certainly more like it.

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