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“We’ll lose the store if we go any lower! Whaddadeal!”
Oh dear... this is something you can still buy new from Apple and other stores for about half of that price, including shipping.
Is this the same item….?
£49 Apple UK
Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter
Effortlessly connect your Mac to a Thunderbolt 2 device with the Apple Thunderbolt 3 Adapter. Buy now at apple.com/uk
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Edit: sorry just realised that you meant what I have shown….😬
It's only a matter of time before he discovers AI, assuming he hasn't already. He'll find a way.
A few months ago I passed my motorcycle test, and now Youtube keeps recommending AI-generated videos of bogus concept motorcycles, presented as if they were actual upcoming 2025 models:
Notice how they all use the same basic thumbnail image, pasted onto a different backdrop. Did you know that there are entire websites devoted to posting rumours about forthcoming products? They could so easily generate more content by just using AI to make it all up. They could populate the forums with AI chatbots, thus giving the illusion of a functioning, active website.
I like to think that many years from now the internet will consist of a single server, sitting in a rack somewhere, with an AI routine furiously generating content and content interaction and forum posts etc, while in the outside world the scattered remains of humanity forage for bugs and uncontaminated potatoes. There will be controversies and cancellations and internet superstars, but they'll only exist inside that server, and no-one in the real world outside will ever know about it.
I actually owned a bunch of old Kodak DCS cameras. Here's my DCS 460, demonstrating the sensor cleaning function:
e.g. you have to remove the Nikon F90 body. But you did get access to the entire sensor. One of the many, many problems with the system was that the battery was a kludge. It was removable but seemingly only for servicing. The later, gen two DCS cameras were a lot slicker (and surprisingly "normal" for quarter-century-old digital cameras). Fuji sort-of carried the idea on with the S1, S2, and S3 Pro, which were also built on film camera bodies.
Back in the mid-1990s there was a medium format back called the Dicomed Big Shot, which as far as I can tell was the only medium format back with a 6x6cm sensor, apparently made by Fairchild. It cost a fortune and you'd probably need a period-correct pre-G3 Power Macintosh to get it working. I imagine Fairchild ended up with piles and piles of rejected 6x6cm sensors that they had to just throw away.
Not ebay, Russia-wide second-hand market (THIS IS NOT MY!)
www.avito.ru
Price is around 2500$ after conversion. Guys, say, does this all worth it?
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Price is around 2500$ after conversion. Guys, say, does this all worth it?
I would hope it's not your.
That would be pretty disappointing (and funny) if it was considering the thread you've posted it in.
That said, if that IIgs pack is a boxed full setup (everything present), that might actually be worth.
This one even "better"
50000$
50000$
Ouch but how often do you see NOS Apple equipment from the early 80s? That stuff is museum quality.This one even "better"
50000$
Price is around 2500$ after conversion. Guys, say, does this all worth it?
This will probably sound gauche. Finding those items located there in their original boxes, when none was available when they were actually on sale by Apple, would probably make them next door to unobtanium and, thus, obscenely expensive — especially so that latter lot from the mid ’80s.
(Compare with places like North America, Japan, and even western Europe, where there was the opportunity for many of the surviving sold units to end up in storage, garages, basements, and institutional storerooms — especially around northern California.)
If the "unopened" boxes actually contain Apple equipment and not old farm gear from the closest kolkhoz. 😂 The price is so high the buyer might not want to open them to check in fear of losing value of "the investment".
If the "unopened" boxes actually contain Apple equipment and not old farm gear from the closest kolkhoz. 😂 The price is so high the buyer might not want to open them to check in fear of losing value of "the investment".
“I had the boxes sent through an airport security scanner and they’re Agat components! WTF!”
Indeed.The price is so high the buyer might not want to open them to check in fear of losing value of "the investment".
I have actually handled one of those "treasures". I worked for Sotheby's back in the day. People will literally buy anything. And I mean - anything.
Yeah. And there is always somebody with more money than sense willing to pay for it.
Excuse me for OffTopic pls...
@ToniCH
It was in one old book for children, I don't know if it was translated to English, something like "Dunno on the Moon". There was a talk between two characters, Dunno & Kozlik, about how rich people uses their money (something stupid like party crushing furniture, breaking windows & such).
Dunno: "It would be better to give money to the poor."
Kozlik: "No, it's not so interesting for rich people."
(Not a literal translation)
@ToniCH
It was in one old book for children, I don't know if it was translated to English, something like "Dunno on the Moon". There was a talk between two characters, Dunno & Kozlik, about how rich people uses their money (something stupid like party crushing furniture, breaking windows & such).
Dunno: "It would be better to give money to the poor."
Kozlik: "No, it's not so interesting for rich people."
(Not a literal translation)
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If you receive a reply @AeroSatan you have to share it, please.
If you receive a reply @AeroSatan you have to share it, please.
Thanks for sharing the reply.
Yeah, he's very clever. "No much education here"? What on earth! 😂
Yeah, he's very clever. "No much education here"? What on earth! 😂
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Thank you for doing the thankless work. You’re a saint among mortals…
Couple of weeks ago I ordered 2 Apple Thunderbolt to Firewire -adapters from Amazon. They were 25€ each, new. The first one arrived today and the second one should arrive in a week. Don't know why they ship them in 2 shipments from the same seller but whatever...
Anyways, it seems I am close to rich now! If I hodle these for few years their value might soar up to millions... 🤩😜
Anyways, it seems I am close to rich now! If I hodle these for few years their value might soar up to millions... 🤩😜