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Re: M-209 for sale on EBay
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay D. Dyson)
Sun Oct 27 16:46:07 2002
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 13:39:28 -0800 (PST)
From: "Jay D. Dyson" <jdyson@treachery.net>
To: Cryptography List <cryptography@wasabisystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <3DBC55A2.2090000@mit.edu>
On Sun, 27 Oct 2002, Jeffrey I. Schiller wrote:
> > There's an M-209 for sale on EBay:
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=726499988
>
> Auction closes in about 4 hours and no one has bid...
Small wonder. The unit in question appears to have a distinct
lack of wear and no sign of degradation from regular use. Having worked
with U.S. military hardware (mid 1980s) that was from the Korean conflict
era, I can attest that *nothing* ever came our way that was that pristine.
This in itself leads me to believe the item up for bid is a replica.
While of interest, such an item is nowhere near the dollar value
presently at bid.
-Jay
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