Retro gear is just sometimes expensive. $4k for an imsai 8080 isn't unheard of.
On 14 Feb. 2018 2:37 pm, "Chris Fezzler" <fezz...@yahoo.com> wrote: I found it fun to buy computers from when the industry was battling with innovations and different form factors. A lot of real innovative engineers out there. On Tuesday, February 13, 2018 09:34:16 PM EST, Kevin Becker <ke...@kevinbecker.org> wrote: “Retro” computing stuff seems to be going up in price lately. Even things that didn’t seem very retro to me. Look at the prices for old 486/pentium machines. There are some wild ideas about the value of a generic beige x86 tower. On Feb 13, 2018, at 9:22 PM, Chris Fezzler <fezz...@yahoo.com> wrote: Fake to drive up prices? On Tuesday, February 13, 2018 09:10:23 PM EST, Kevin Becker <ke...@kevinbecker.org> wrote: I was watching the TPDD2 and was disappointed when it went over $100 because one went for $60 or $70 a week ago. It makes no sense they went so high. It looks like to two different buyers too. On Feb 13, 2018, at 9:05 PM, Chris Kmiec <ckmi...@gmail.com> wrote: Check these two auctions that just ended... Tandy-Portable-Disk-Drive-2 <https://www.ebay.com/itm/Tandy-Portable-Disk-Drive-2-Mint-in-box-26-3814-Model-100-102-200-w-power-supply/152897129123?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT> and Tandy-102 <https://www.ebay.com/itm/Tandy-102-Radio-Shack-Portable-Computer-Laptop-26-3803-Mint-in-box-power-supply/152897142799?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT> How, why, WHAT??