On 7/17/19 12:33 PM, Mark Linimon via cctalk wrote:
There's nothing "superbly classic" around here, though.
IMHO it doesn't need to be "superbly classic". Maybe it's not "ventage"
per-say. (I don't know if there is a definition for "ventage" in
computers. Last I knew, for automobiles, they had to be 25 years or
older to be called "ventage".)
Bunch of working sun4u gear and old databooks.
I'm betting that there are people that would like to have it.
Look at things like IBM PCs / XTs / ATs. They were common "just old"
things 5 ~ 15 years ago. Now many of those common things are gone and
now people are wanting them. So, even "common" things that are (were)
"just old" can have a surprising fan base.
I'm on the look out for a reasonably priced (purchase and S&H
independently) multi-processor Pentium Pro machine (for reasons). I
hardly doubt that qualifies as "classic", much less "superbly" so. I
see ebay listings of people selling of the bare CPUs for scrap in daily
saved searches. Or I see old spare motherboards sans VRMs, or otherwise
incomplete systems.
I think there is a market for "just old" / "classic" / "superbly
classic" equipment.
I'll go back in my house now that I've yelled at kids on my lawn. ;-)
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Grant. . . .
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