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(from the archives - June 1998 )

The AmCoEx Index of Used Computer Prices (long version of index)
The following average prices are for the most actively traded
models for June 22, 1998.

Average Average
Buyer's Seller's
Machine Bid Ask Close Change($)

IBM PS/1 486/66 420MB $100 $250 $125 0
IBM ThinkPad 350C 300 500 400 -50
IBM ThinkPad 500 250 475 325 0
IBM ThinkPad 755CX 350 650 500 -25
AST 486DX/66 420MB 125 275 125 0
Fujitsu Lifebook P133 800 1150 875 -25
Dell 486DX/33 270MB 100 250 125 0
Dell Dimension P166 2.1GB 300 650 625 25
Gateway 486/100 540MB 150 375 225 0
Gateway 486/75 Notebook 320MB 350 600 525 -25
Clone 486/66 420MB 150 250 175 0
Clone 586/133 500MB 200 400 250 -25
Clone P100 1.2GB 275 450 375 0
Clone P200 2.1GB 400 650 600 -25
Clone P166 1.2GB 350 575 475 25
Compaq Contura 4/25 120MB 200 475 500 -25
Compaq Prosignia 486/33 500 MB 175 375 175 0
Compaq Presario P200 2.5GB 400 600 525 -25
HP Pavillion P166MMX 2.1GB 400 600 500 0
Mac Quadra 700 230MB 200 350 300 -25
Mac Quadra 840AV 500MB 300 600 350 -25
Mac Performa 6116 700MB 300 500 475 0
PowerBook 160 160MB 250 500 300 25
PowerBook 180 160MB 350 600 375 -25
PowerBook 520c 250MB 400 750 600 0
PowerBook 540c 320MB 600 1000 750 -50
PowerBook 5300 500MB 500 750 550 0
PowerBook 5300cs 500MB 650 950 825 -25
PowerMac 7100/80 700MB 300 675 525 50
PowerMac 7200/75 500MB 400 675 650 0
PowerMac 7500/100 1GB 800 1400 875 -25
PowerMac 8500/150 1.2GB 800 1500 1150 0
PowerMac 9500/120 1.2GB 900 1600 1175 -25
Mac 8100/80AV 1GB 500 900 550 0
NEC Versa 486 200MB 450 625 525 -50
Toshiba 486/75 500MB 400 650 575 -25
Toshiba P75 Notebook 500 850 800 -50
Toshiba 4800CT Notebook 550 825 800 -25
HP LaserJet IVL 200 400 250 0

Since 1988, the American Computer Exchange has matched
buyers and sellers of used microcomputer equipment. The index is a
sample of the most actively traded models in the used market. Many
other models are actively traded each day. For more information
contact the American Computer Exchange at (800) 786-0717 or download
the AmCoEx Used Computer Pricing software at http://www.amcoex.com.

Penultimate Histories

This morning as I was sleeping through a conference call, I found some reason to check the stats on this blog. It turns out that some Chinese bot was keying on the word 'yellow' according to Google. Since the phrase I saw contained the phrase '500 tons of yellow' I quickly discerned that we were talking about the Valery Plame scandal and the matter of yellowcake in the evidentiary buckets of Iraqi causus belli. 

Just last week I asked over at Quora to some intelligency guys what they considered to be the amount and quality of disinformation assaulting our senses in the miasma of the interwebz. I got some fair answers, but nothing definitive. I'll go back later and ask another way. What I suspect is that the qualified experts on these matters pay attention to the qualified experts. The problem is than unless you are somehow hooked into their writing, it's hard to find out their syllabi. For me, on matters like Plame and Yellowcake, I would depend on Bellingcat. This reminds me that I am awaiting some factual resolution of the recent outrage over mined ships in the Persian Gulf, keywords 'limpet mines above the waterline'. 

What I would like to start now, is a new category called Penultimate Histories. It is the longitudinal stuff missing from the MSM that gives the appropriate context to the study of complex issues that are spun our way through various craptastic means. This is very much like the curated quality of a BoxTagged XRepublic except that I'm the sole dude. I have to start somewhere, and I can't get this crap out of my head.