> From: William Donzelli
> Sellers of collectibles and antiques get bombarded with nitpicks and
> corrections. Often these are right, but often they are wrong.
Yeah, that's why I didn't just assert 'this is wrong, X is right', but I gave
them the things to look at so they could verify for themselves that my claim
was correct.
> Passing a URL through the Ebay system is trickly, to say the least
> ... "Check this document 123-456-78 in bitsavers, page 26".
Yeah, I didn't try and pass a URL, too hard; (and in any case, a tricky con
artist could point to a fake document they had posted). I guess I should have
said 'Check the PC05 manual, look on BiSavers in dec/foo/bar to find it, pg.
xyz'.
> From: Bill Degnan
> I went to this guys place and saw the tape reader first hand. Its in
> better condition than mine.
Oh, I didn't have a problem with the condition; just that it was
incorrectly labelled.
> From: Jay West
> I would think the thing that would make it stand out and make him
> change it - tell him a PC05 doesn't connect to a PDP8, it goes with
> something completely different (a PDP11 ofc, correct?).
Yes, the PC05 is for the PDP-11 (and others):
https://gunkies.org/wiki/PC04/PC05_High-Speed_Paper-Tape_Reader/Punch
Yes, what I _should_ have done is say 'the PC05 is for the PDP-11; the PC04
(which this is) won't work on a PDP-11. If a PDP-11 owner buys this for his
PDP-11, he'll probably by unhappy'.
Noel
