I think "crap on a cracker" is fitting expression here. A few hours drive from me too. Wow. Hope it found a good home. b
On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 11:20 PM, W2HX via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote: > I search only for "PDP" (not -11) but I filter on category > "Computers/tablets & Networking." It might not have shown up in your search > if you searching in "Vintage Computing" category. This one looks like it > wasn't listed there > > -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Noel > Chiappa via cctalk > Sent: Monday, April 30, 2018 10:55 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: eBay search fail > > So someone mentioned this to me: > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/222941705847 > > Now, the crazy thing is that I religously do a search for "PDP-11" for > newly listed items on eBait at least once a day - and this never showed up! > I just did a search for sold "PDP-11" items, and it's not showing up there > either - although a search for sold "PDP-11 parts" turns it up! > > Anyone have any idea why it didn't turn up? That is a regular '-', not an > mdash or anything, and those are 1's, not lower-case l's. And it does show > up in the search for "PDP-11 parts". So I can only conclude that somehow > eBait's search function blew out somehow? > > Anyway, someone got a total steal: at least _3_ H960's, a TU10, and an > -11/45 (can't tell if there's an FP11) - and who knows what else is hidden! > > Noel > >
