Big dollars paid for Altair 8800 on Ebay

[Gordon JC Pearce]

Joe R. wrote:

>    I expect that 3rd party cards vs original MITs cards would detract from
> their value but not to the extend that 3rd party mods would to a
> collector's car. I suppose a better comparision would be a 1930s Duesenburg
> or some other car that were ALL build to order and no two were the same.

Offtopic, but I think a lot of car manufacturers will do stuff to order 
- for a price.  I once looked at a car for someone (Citroën XM - most 
are over 10 years old and the most basic one has around eight computers 
scattered around it, so they're sort of on-topic) which was quite 
unusual, having all the high-spec toys but with a grey cloth interior 
from the "entry level" ones.  Seems the chap that originally bought it 
didn't like leather seats, so for about £1000 extra he had the factory 
replace the interior.  It probably went into a mid-spec one, so I expect 
they got paid twice for it!

Gordon.