Re: Remember when...

On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 01:39:36PM -0500, Mike Crawford wrote:
> computer when it's clearly not worth that.  I could see if this cost
> between $200-$400, it wouldn't be so bad, but $1000 is a rip off, I

Well, I can agree that it's not worth that much to me, either.  But I'm not
so sure it's not a reasonable price - that big, heavy case isn't going to be
cheap, and those paddle switches haven't gotten any less expensive as the
years passed...  Heck, $400 *might* cover the case and front panel - there's
a good reason we don't build 'em like that any longer!

Nah, I'd give them the benefit of the doubt, and wish them luck at reaching
break-even on their design and setup costs.  But I'm not going to order one,
either.

I wonder if Eric still has "our" old IMSAI buried somewhere in his closet...

-- 
We had a lot of booming cyberanarchy in the USA for 20 years, and
now we are looking at several years of stagnant feudal nothingness.
I would guess about maybe one Presidential administration worth of
nothing.  -- Bruce Sterling