Lear Siegler ADM3 terminals

From: Marvin Johnston <marvin_at_rain.org>
Date: Wed May 19 10:51:22 2004

Patrick Finnegan wrote:
>
> On Wed, 19 May 2004, John Allain wrote:
>
> > > Some folks have an idea that these things are scarce,
> > > which they aren't.
> >
> > Just as a supporting argument you might want to list two or
> > three places where a person could go and get one of these.
>
> I'm not Sellam, but I've seen at least a dozen go through Purdue's salvage
> op in the past two years or so. Not all were "usable" state, but quite a
> few were. BTW, these weren't just ADM3's, they were also "ADM"s (no
> number) and ADM5's and ADM3+s. I've got two or three of them between a
> friend and me.

Just to toss in another factor, being rare or uncommon doesn't
necessarily affect the price. A prime example is the Altair where IIRC
some 25000 or so were made. They are worth far more than something like
the Lobo Drives computer where only about 5000 were made.
Received on Wed May 19 2004 - 10:51:22 BST