Re: Collectors pay big money for old tech

2015-06-13 Thread Rod Smallwood
After all this time unless the configuration in the box is the same as the label on the back then all you have is the serial number of the box and I dont think empty system boxes are worth much. On 13/06/2015 12:57, Noel Chiappa wrote: > From: Sean Caron > it's a shame if the finan

Re: Collectors pay big money for old tech

2015-06-13 Thread Noel Chiappa
> From: Sean Caron > it's a shame if the financial barrier to entry to the hobby is keeping > potentially interested & enthusiastic people away... I understand and agree (very much!) with your concern, but I don't think it's going to be an issue: for every $1M Apple I, there are a zi

Re: Collectors pay big money for old tech

2015-06-13 Thread COURYHOUSE
Well ... some things really are not more expensive... the money is just worth less back when I used to buy pdp-8 computers for 100-200 dollars ... like 24+ years ago cars were a bunch cheaper too by far There are some things that went crazy like the Apple I but there

Re: Collectors pay big money for old tech

2015-06-13 Thread Sean Caron
It's too bad that I catch myself thinking this so frequently these days, but "thank goodness I got mine" ... before the scene blew up... I guess the good times of just pulling carloads of cool stuff out of the dumpster for nothing couldn't go on forever... I do tend to agree; at least it's getting

Re: Collectors pay big money for old tech

2015-06-12 Thread Ian S. King
The down side is that some historically significant artifacts will be purchased by rich twits who will stick them in a closet or a display case. The up side is that those same artifacts didn't go to the skip, as they did all too often, all too recently. And history demonstrates that they will come