----- Original Message ----- From: "Noel Chiappa via cctalk" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> To: <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Cc: <j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2017 9:12 AM Subject: Re: KDF 8189 processor board foobared (ebay warning)
> > From: Jim Stephens > > > I just ran across a sale on epay by a guy who thought you could pull > > the processor chip off the board and sell each in separate auctions. > > There are a lot of idiotz out there. > > I ran into one who'd removed a group of boards from (probably) an -11/40, and > then scrapped away the rest of the machine (including an RK11-D backplane). > > I took _great_ pleasure in informing him that the stuff he'd scrapped had > been worth several times what the boards he had 'saved' had been worth. > > Noel ----- Be kind! Many years ago, before I discovered that people actually valued and collected this useless junk I bought a Northstar-in-a-desk at auction, threw the innards in the trash and kept the desk (now holding a stack of Cromemcos ;-). m