On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 3:48 AM, Noel Chiappa <j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> wrote:
> > From: Devin Davison > > > well there goes my plan of trying to keep it under the radar. > > Sorry, I didn't mean to upset your plan (and you); I just didn't know if > anyone was watching for VAX-11/780 parts, they come by so rarely. > If anyone is desperate for VAX-11/780 parts, let me know -- a friend of mine recently came into a load of them. If it can help someone bring a /780 back to life, he'd be up for working something out... - Josh > > We have discussed this topic before, but let me recapitulate one point > about > pricing and valuations: if we want to stop this stuff being scrapped, we > need > to make sure the prices realized are well above scrap. This will have > several > consequences: > > i) If people only get low (scrap-region) prices, why go to all the > bother/hassle of listing things on auction sites; just proceeed directly to > 'Go'. ii) Hopefully, if values are non-trivial, the word will get around, > and > people who have this stuff will go to the effort to list it, instead of > leaving it to moulder, etc. > > Yes, I understand that will make this a more expensive hobby, but > TANSTAAFL. > YMMV. > > Noel >