YATYRD (was: PalmOS no more? :(

[Vintage Computer Festival]

On Thu, 29 Sep 2005, John Foust wrote:

> At 12:22 PM 9/29/2005, John Allain wrote:
> >Wait about 8 years and any neat computer is free it seems (recent free
> >additions here: HP 2CPU Netserver/native SCSI2; Mac G4 tower, loaded;
> >numerous 1998 laptops etc.), so if you have any interest, you get a Tsunami.
>
> It's an interesting flip side to the popular instantiations of
> Moore's Law, no?  When the price of any used computer undergoes
> five halvings, it's sub-$100 soon enough no matter what the
> starting price, particularly if it's selling on the surplus market
> where the price might be based on weight alone.

What's more interesting (and relevant for us) is the cusp at which it
becomes "collectable" and therefore "desirable" and henceforth "valuable"
once more (and if not, why not?)

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Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage Computer Festival
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