they should be, if they aren't now they will be in another 10 years, the saddest thing i ever did was selling my old, old hp programmable calculator, and it's plotter! weighed more than a selectric but it was beautiful inside!
B Yen wrote: > ---------- > I have a PDP-11 Dectape drive (rackmountable), huge thing. Is this worth > anything? I was just watching a show on the history of computing (History > Channel), & they were in a museum (Intel Corp, Hewlett Packard) that had > all this ancient hardware going back to the 60's. The Dectape should be in > there, not tossed in the garbage. > > I also have 2 brand new DEC VR17 (vectorscope). They used to have an > "asteroids" video game (on a PDP11!), this was back in the 70's. Same > thing as above, it ought to be in a museum, not sent to a recycling center > to be destroyed. > > I have a couple Altos Z80 based machines (integral Shugart 8" floppies, 2 > of them), are they worth anything? I assume Altos was an offshoot of the > Xerox PARC Alto system (which inspired the Apple GUI). > --------- -- "Promise me, promise me this day, promise me now..." he asked. "Even as they strike you down, you will remember: humanity is not our enemy. The only thing worthy of you is compassion...Hatred will never let you face the beast in human beings. One day, when you face the beast alone, with your courage intact, your eyes kind...out of your smile will bloom a flower. and...on the long, rough road, the sun and the moon will continue to shine." Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist monk -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
