Is it just me...

[shoppa_classiccmp at trailing-edge.com]

>> its really driving up the price of stuff unnecessarily.

Al replied:
> This (dkdkk, ed sharpe, sassyscottie, et al.) has started to
> scan.  [...] It makes me fee really great to be giving this stuff
> away too, after having paid through the nose for it.

Well, I can testify that I appreciate it being available for free.

I have to wonder: is the availability for so much old documentation for
free:

1.  Driving down E-bay prices for documentation because so many similar
    things are available for free?

2.  Driving up E-bay prices for documentation because so many are
    "hooked" into the hobby by the bitsavers archive?

3.  Driving up E-bay prices for physical items because appropriate
    documentation is available for free at bitsavers?

It's one thing to be a small player in the market, it's another to
try to figure out what your big moves do to the market!

Tim.