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| From | Dave McGuire <mcguire@lssmuseum.org> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.os.cpm |
| Subject | Re: Just wondering... |
| Date | 2025-06-17 15:59 -0400 |
| Organization | LSSM |
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On 6/16/25 21:58, Steven Hirsch wrote:
> On 6/10/25 09:41, Dave McGuire wrote:
>> On 6/5/25 06:06, John wrote:
>>> Ah yes, the 'collectors' who are not 'enthusiasts' or 'hobbyists'.
>>> Somewhere they heard these things are valuable so they want to cash-in.
>>> No concern for preserving history. Makes my stomach turn.
>>
>> "Wurfers". (google it) We at LSSM get hit with those guys all the
>> time.
>>
>> Just last week we got this: "I gots this HUGE antique computer, one
>> of the VERY FIRST computers, I want $5K for it!" (and the pic shows a
>> trash-picked Dell Pentium4 machine complete with bird poop on top)
>
> Honestly, you couldn't make this stuff up... Most of us in the
> community have seen it all by now.
I tell ya Steve, the gene pool needs some chlorine. Desperately.
Good to see you here, BTW.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, President/Curator
Large Scale Systems Museum
New Kensington, PA
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