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To: elmatador who wrote (2014)	11/14/2005 3:30:01 PM
From: energyplay	Respond to of 217868

"I don't see anyone wanting a technical gizmo that used to be cheap, and now someone wants the old and willing to pay 3x the price." You are right. There are very, very tech items where the old one is prefered. I don't think I can even get to ten examples (excluding automobiles) 1. Precedent FM tuner from 1940s. Designed by a friend of Col. Armstrong, the inventor of FM. Still used by audiophiles and some test labs. 2. R-390 communications radio reciever Collins designed tube set. Excellent performance and stability, tube design tends to make it immune to EMP. Cost about 2,000-5,000 new (contracts ran for years) Production stopped around 1969. US Government had Motorola start new production run around 1980s, bought several thousand at about $ 40,000 each.