Date   : Wed, 29 Aug 2012 19:00:30 -0500
From   : jules.richardson99@... (Jules Richardson)
Subject: Expensive Atoms

On 08/29/2012 03:41 PM, Kim Faulkner wrote:
>
> One does wonder who would pay that price for the computer. It is
> probably the best available, but wow, what a sale!

My 'good' one is close to that, but has had the regulators bypassed at some
point (certainly not uncommon, although it lacks the official Acorn sticker
on the back to say "Don't stick 8V in here" :-)  I *think* I've got one of
the blue boxes for it, too.

> I have a brand new unconstructed Atom kit here. I haven't looked at it
> for years but I remember that the condition is similar to that shown in
> the eBay sale.

Any chance of some pictures sometime? I've seen machines that were built
from kits, but never the kit itself - it'd be interesting to see how they
packaged things.

(Actually, this question arose on classiccmp and you may know - did kit
machines come with a serial number sticker? I suspect not, but it's hard to
tell for sure as they fall off quite easily, people remove them when
cleaning the case etc.)

> I would like to think that the unconstructed kit has some value as a
> museum piece in the future.

It's definitely 'valuable' in an historical sense, but on the other hand 
museums are generally very pushed for space, so I suspect it may well spend 
almost all of its life hidden from view. On the third hand, if it's in a 
private collection, that might be even worse! :-)

cheers

Jules