[HECnet] If I had the spare room for it...

[John H. Reinhardt]

Good point.  Very few people will toss out that kind of money and let the result go to waste.  If I had that kind of $$$, I'd be hauling it to VCF every chance I could.  Maybe buy a padded van just for the occasion. ;)

At least I'd like to think so.

   John H. Reinhardt

On 4/30/2015 6:08 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
>
>    I think that, when you start talking those sorts of numbers, it's
> probably going to a good home where it will be taken care of and
> appreciated.  I just hope it doesn't disappear into a "black hole"
> personal collection of a reclusive person and not even get talked about
> or shown off.  Too much stuff, particularly big IBM stuff, suffers that
> fate.  Then the wives end up having it all hauled off for scrap when the
> guy dies.
>
>                -Dave
>
> On 04/30/2015 05:58 PM, John H. Reinhardt wrote:
>> And it sold for $10,099.00  Wow. Someone really wanted it.  I hope
>> someone good got it.
>>
>> John H. Reinhardt
>>
>> On 4/27/2015 4:55 PM, lee.gleason at comcast.net wrote:
>>>
>>>     I'd buy this in a flash....
>>>
>>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-DEC-DIGITAL-PDP-11-70-16-BIT-MINI-COMPUTER-TE16-EA-MAG-TAPE-DRIVE-/331537471267?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4d312c5723
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Lee K. Gleason N5ZMR
>>> Control-G Consultants
>>> lee.gleason at comcast.net
>>
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