Good haul of old pc stuph

[Gary Sparkes]

On 12/16/05 7:51 PM, "Scott Stevens" <chenmel at earthlink.net> wrote:

> On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:52:21 -0600
> Jim Leonard <trixter at oldskool.org> wrote:
> 
> Almost all 8-bit cards are increasingly rare with time.  I go out
> of my way these days just to get ahold of ANY 8-bit ISA hardware
> at all, even 'common' cards are growing 'rare.'  The PC and XT
> machines I got this past week are almost a 'fluke'- machines from
> the 'back room' of an industrial test lab.  You don't find
> 8088-era hardware anywhere except in rare exceptions anymore.
> (and when I do, I almost always am the only person who wants it,
> and get it for virtually free, i.e. the complete PC Convertible I
> got several years ago at auction for a dollar, and the two Kaypro
> Portables at the same auction for a buck.  And the wonderful
> Compaq Portable III I recently got)
> 

Think of this - PC/XT given to a thrift store. They put an asking price on t
of $50 !! For 'VINTAGE HARDWARE - 60s/70s EARLY COMPUTER' and refuse to
renegotiate. How is a 16 year old supposed to work THAT over?