> I'm sorry I looked ...
> >
> > What? -- what's wrong with "Altair Era" "S-100 Mainframes"?
>
Looking through my old Bytes many manufacturers referred to their CPU housings
as "mainframes". Whether correct or not the terms appears to have been used to
identify CPU housings that could be pick
On 09/26/2015 09:06 PM, Eric Christopherson wrote:
I'm sorry I looked ...
What? -- what's wrong with "Altair Era" "S-100 Mainframes"?
Didn't Intel call the IA432 a "micro mainframe"?
--Chuck
On Sat, Sep 26, 2015, Mark Linimon wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 03:59:39PM -0400, Brian Walenz wrote:
> > $17k for a CRT and a keyboard in a (beat up) wood case.
>
> For some reason this got me looking at "mainframe" on eBay search.
>
> Good lord.
>
> I need to tell these children "if you co
I like the irony of a plastics company using a wooden computer, even if the
asking price seems quite ambitious.
--
Mark J. Blair, NF6X
http://www.nf6x.net/
On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 03:59:39PM -0400, Brian Walenz wrote:
> $17k for a CRT and a keyboard in a (beat up) wood case.
For some reason this got me looking at "mainframe" on eBay search.
Good lord.
I need to tell these children "if you could pick it up, it was not a
mainframe."
I'm sorry I look
Come on…it’s free shipping!
> On Sep 26, 2015, at 5:35 PM, william degnan wrote:
>
> Crap I paid $22,500 for mine.
>
> Bill Degnan
> twitter: billdeg
> vintagecomputer.net
> On Sep 26, 2015 4:45 PM, "Jacob Ritorto" wrote:
>
>> the cluelessness of the descriptive text on that basic 4 ad. hila
Crap I paid $22,500 for mine.
Bill Degnan
twitter: billdeg
vintagecomputer.net
On Sep 26, 2015 4:45 PM, "Jacob Ritorto" wrote:
> the cluelessness of the descriptive text on that basic 4 ad. hilarious.
> 'there are only two mainframes i know of in existence.'
>
> On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 3:59 PM
the cluelessness of the descriptive text on that basic 4 ad. hilarious.
'there are only two mainframes i know of in existence.'
On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Brian Walenz wrote:
> Don't forget about this one:
>
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/191698368565
>
> $17k for a CRT and a keyboard in a (b
Don't forget about this one:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/191698368565
$17k for a CRT and a keyboard in a (beat up) wood case. He's missing the
box with the electronics, and, clearly, the cables... At least it isn't
signed!
b
On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 9:49 AM, wrote:
> Pocket change compared to w
On 9/26/15 6:18 AM, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
Come on guys, we have been over this a thousand times. Value is
what someone is willing to pay.
And with 32kW of memory and resonable condition (no rust or
rodents) the price is not off by a factor of ten as you suggest.
Perhaps a factor two or three.
if would have been better if it had been on the bottom or inside the
case. Not every
designer is as famous as Woz :)
Steve.
Original Message
Subject: Cloud-cuckoo land
From:"Noel Chiappa"
Date:Sat, September 26, 2015 1
Come on guys, we have been over this a thousand times. Value is
what someone is willing to pay.
And with 32kW of memory and resonable condition (no rust or
rodents) the price is not off by a factor of ten as you suggest.
Perhaps a factor two or three.
We'll see when the auction ends.
/P
On S
Missing toggle switches = Not working for repair or parts. Value $500.00
On 26/09/2015 13:35, Noel Chiappa wrote:
I'm not sure which is more amusing:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/191523958984
the price they expect to get, or calling it a 'mainframe'.
Noel
--
Wanted : KDJ11-E M8981 KK
I'm not sure which is more amusing:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/191523958984
the price they expect to get, or calling it a 'mainframe'.
Noel
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