Re: here we go again...

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"John Van Winkle" <john-vw@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message 
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> "Mike Spurgeon" <mike@spurgeon.net> wrote in message
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>> Martin Doherty wrote:
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>> > I am astounded at the value placed on this particular rarity. Is it
>> > really so amazingly useful as all that?
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>> It's pretty useful, but I doubt if it's as rare as some seem to
>> think.
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> I think some people have them hoarded up.  I realize they aren't making 
> them
> anymore.  I am hoping someone will develop a replacement for it.

There's Joachim Lange's BlueDisk controller. 
http://www.wbwip.com/shh/bluedisk.html