RETROCOMPUTING LIQUIDATION

From: Gabaly, Stephen J <stephen.j.gabaly_at_lmco.com>
Date: Mon May 11 08:12:33 1998

I offer $100 for the IMSAI CPU card and IMSAI documentation.

steve


        -----Original Message-----
        From: Wirehead Prime [SMTP:wirehead_at_retrocomputing.com]
        Sent: Sunday, May 10, 1998 6:49 PM
        To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
        Subject: RETROCOMPUTING LIQUIDATION


        Over the next several weeks I will be liquidating my collection of
        antique computers. I won't go into the reasons why except to say
that
        the reasons for doing so are not bad. In other words, I'm not being

        forced to do it by bad circumstances. I'll leave it at this: I
need the
        space in my home to expand a business venture that has brought me a
great
        deal of genuine happiness over the last few months.

        I will be liquidating the following:

        TRS-80 Model III with Software

        Northstar Horizon with spare CPU card and a spare grungy chassis

        2 Commodore 128 computers and 1 1571 disk drive and some
miscellaneous
            Commodore peripherals

        2 Commodore 64 computers with no PSs in unknown condition

        Ohio Scientific Challenger in working condition with keyboard and
monitor

        Computer Systems Associations Micro 68000 Development System

        TEI 22 slot S100 backplane

        2 small boxes of S100 cards including an IMSAI cpu board, several
static
        ram cards, a Disk Jockey II disk controller and several others

        An entire shelf of S100 and CPM documentation including manuals for
the
        IMSAI (original) and the Altair (copies)

        Epson QX-10 working with all software including CP/M 2.2, no printer

        Xerox 820 system, with spare motherboards, 2 8" drives, monitors and

        spare keyboards

        PDP-11/34 with RK05f and RK05j

        and last but certainly NOT least

        3 PDP-8i systems, one cpu only, one with a high speed paper tape
reader
        punch and one with a DECtape drive, lots of spare parts, full
        documentation including schematic print sets, DEC OS/8 on paper tape
and
        several boxes of home-grown software on paper tape...includes ASR-33

        Teletype in good condition - all condition unknown, not recommended
for
        the beginning retrocomputerist

        GNT Paper tape reader/punch that connects to RS-232 with manual and
a
        roll of black paper tape

        Now for what I want out of this stuff...

        Of course, cash is acceptable. I'll also accept trades for
pre-press
        equipment like Linotype-Hell imagesetting equipment, RIPs and/or
media
        developers/processors, small sheet-fed presses, black and white
flatbed
        scanners suitable for a Macintosh, Quark Xpress 3.x up for the Mac,
        binding equipment like sheet collators or edge staplers, CD-ROM
drive
        (any speed) for Macintosh, Macintosh font collections, digital
        duplicators, photocopiers and/or laser printers etc. If you think
it's
        useful for preparing or printing a newsletter/magazine, I may be
        interested in it.

        Bet you can't guess what kind of business I'm involved in... =-)

        In some cases, I'll donate the equipment to a good home if I think
it's
        warranted. The only thing I can't donate is the PDP-8s as I have a
        significant investment in them and need to get $250-$300 each from
them
        on average to recover my retrieval costs.

        Buyer/trader must either pay shipping costs from Des Moines, Iowa to
your
        location or come to Des Moines to pick the items up. The PDPs will
all
        have to be picked up as each is in a 6' tall rack about 24 inches
wide
        and deep.

        All bids and trade offers should be made via private email as this
is the
        only public posting I'll make. I'm not going to make up any complex

        rules about what bid I'll select or deadlines etc. But if I say you
got
        it for a specific price/trade and a higher one comes in, well that's
just
        too bad for me. So don't expect an IMMEDIATE answer on your bid.

        If you need more information/specifics on an item, send me private
email
        and I'll give you all the info I can to help you make a decision.

        Let the frenzy begin!!! =-)

        Anthony Clifton - Wirehead

        PS: I'll be discontinuing the website at www.retrocomputing.com in
a
        month or so I can focus all my resources on the new venture.
Received on Mon May 11 1998 - 08:12:33 BST