D.G. Nova/4 on ePay

[Bruce Ray]

I have e.mailed and talked with "gold-snipper" in the past few years when he
has had Nova- and Eclipse-related items available.  I believe Vince is most
accurate with his comment that it is a business for 'gold-snipper', he is
looking for $ for the items, and patiently waiting for a buyer is okay with
him.

Bruce

Wild Hare Computer Systems, Inc.
bkr at WildHareComputers.com


...preserving the Data General legacy:  http://www.NovasAreForever.com



----- Original Message -----
From: "vrs" <vrs at msn.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 6:46 PM
Subject: Re: D.G. Nova/4 on ePay


> From: "Tom Jennings" <tomj at wps.com>
> > On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, vrs wrote:
> > > "gold-snipper" is nearby -- I could contact him, but I have no
knowledge
> of
> > > Nova H/W.
> >
> > Oh, I was just thinking generally. I don't know if he's absolutely
> > convinced the thing is worth $600, or isn't sure and thought he'd
> > try that, or just fishing, or what.
> >
> > It also seemed to be a heads-up that gold-snipper at least was
> > aware of classic collectors; whether a friend, impartial
> > businessmammal, or bloodthirsty shark, I don't know, and a visit
> > might illuminate that.
>
> I've met him; he seems nice enough (bought a dual-rack 8e, with
peripherals,
> from him once).  It is clear that it is business for him -- he seems to
make
> his money buying stuff at auction, selling what seems saleable, and
> scrapping the rest.
>
> He has a lot of space and seems to be very patient about storing items
(that
> he thinks will be worth something) until a buyer can be found.
>
> > And finally, if he becomes aware it's really not worth much
> > money-wise (shipping alone will be $100), and will sell it to you
> > 'cheap', you could probably part it out and recoup maybe $100 if
> > you were so inclined. Like I said, I'd buy a memory or two, maybe
> > another IO card.
>
> If it were PDP-8 stuff, I'd try to see what he'd take for it, but I'm not
> very comfortable guessing what Nova stuff is worth.
>
>     Vince
>