People are biased because of their interests. Most people don’t understand that Electronics are collectibles. If it’s a comic book, a baseball card, or some antique everybody understands, so it seems. Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.
On Jun 5, 2022, at 3:50 PM, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
A better question might be "why do some people freak out when things are shown to have value".
I just had this conversation yesterday on another mailing list about the Cyclops camera (just the camera head, no boards) that sold for about $2500. "The market has spoken".
In this case, I would posit the main reasons for the high price are historical importance (in multiple contexts) and rarity.
People don't bat an eye when someone drops serious coin on an old car or an old piece of jewelry. Why should technology be any different? It has arguably made a far deeper impact on society than either cars or jewelry. Can you offer any good reasons why its history should be any less sought-after or valued?
-Dave
On 6/5/22 15:31, Bob Aviles via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Why!!! On Sunday, June 5, 2022, 02:27:58 PM EDT, Chris Fala via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
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