CompuServe Messages

I just got back from my second day in West Chester for the auction. I'm exhausted. I talked to Alex Amor and Dave D. from CEI, Ed Goff (attorney and former(?) board member of Commodore), and other people who know what is going on. Some (limited) discussion of the liquidation occured, and I didn't find out anything new or suprising. I still suspect it is not going to happen within the next two weeks, and I wouldn't be suprised to see it stretched out. The furniture went for outrageous prices, but then, it does new, too. Some of the nastiest most useless cubicles sold for hundreds of dollars (for a one or two workstation setup). The nicest cubes sold for thousands of dollars per few workstations. The test equipment went for outrageous prices. Several of us (former engineers) sat together. The chip guys were laughing hilariously at some things which sold for more than they would pay for new. Some piles of Amiga stuff which would have required a semi to move, but which were probably 10% good stuff, sold for a few thousand. These piles cost more to move than to buy, or they would have been good deals. Among some of that stuff were an A3000+, several pilot-production build A4000s (with A3400 black faceplates), some A3000Ts, lots of A2000s, etc. I didn't end up buying any Amiga stuff. I suspect an easy $500,000 was raised. There were many lots which went for more than $25,000 (like test equipment) and there were 588 lots. It seems like the median was probably about $500. Dale L. Larson Intangible Assets Manufacturing (info@iam.com) "That's the best part about being crazy. You see things no one else can see."