Last month on eBay there was a 918 LX/RX for which no one bid the minimum
asked of $12K.

Neil Harvey wrote:

> There are some fascinating things happening with auctions on the
> Internet.
> Look at http://www.ebay.com/ for an example of this - but beware, it's a
> real time soak.....
> I searched for HP3000, but found none on the block (I guess they're too
> valuable :)), but I see lot's of HP stuff.
>
> Neil
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roy Brown [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Saturday, March 06, 1999 1:32 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Docs on the net, and other resources
>
> In article <[log in to unmask]>,
> Wirt Atmar <[log in to unmask]> writes
> >Roy Brown writes:
> >
> >> I'm bare-assed because I don't have docs beyond MPE/iX 5.0 (except
> that
> >>  negatively, nothing in later Communicators indicates that the limit
> has
> >>  been increased).
> >
> >Roy,
> >
> >You no longer need be embarassed. Pretty much all of the documentation
> is now
> >on the web and immediately accessible. The URL is:
> >
> >    http://docs.hp.com/mpeix/
> >
> Thanks Wirt. But I think that's where I went first.
>
> The VPLUS manual is in under MPE/iX 5.0, but not under 5.5 or 6.0?
> There are references to additional VPLUS (Y2k) functionality and an
> additional VPLUS utility in the 5.5 and/or 6.0 Communicators?
>
> And the 128 limit is clearly documented under 5.0
>
> Trouble is, nothing tells my colleague that he only dreamt he created a
> screen with more than 128 fields on it, or what sort of cheese he'd been
> eating to provoke this dream.
>
> But many thanks to *all* who replied. Monday morning, I'll hook him in
> thru DejaNews and say 'contradict *that* many gurus, if you dare' :-)
>
> >I'm beginning to think that this internet/web thing is actually going
> to work
> >out.
> >
> Oh lordy, yes. Another colleague needed to use Suprtool the other day,
> couldn't find all he needed in the online help, nobody could find him
> any dead tree manuals. So, off to Robelle's website, download the docs
> in Windows Help format. Peruse 'em and use 'em.
>
> A service like that, unthinkable just a few years ago, makes you realise
> that the Internet will change the world, and that the vast majority of
> its current shortcomings are just teething troubles, and *will* be
> overcome.
>
> Roy
>
> --
> Roy Brown
> Kelmscott Ltd
> Kelmscott      'A convenient and seemly shelter from the weather -
>                 a place to keep books and pretty things in'.

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