On Sat, 7 Nov 1998, Sam Ismail wrote:
> Then of course there was the Causin SoftStrip reader. The Apple magazine
> Nibble (among others) used to print strips about 5/8" wide that you could
> cut out and run through the reader to load the published programs into
> your computer instead of typing in listings.
>
> As with all the others, it hung around for a year or so and then folded.
> People just didn't like the concept I suppose, or maybe it just wasn't
> accurate enough (I don't know since I never actually used it).
>
> Thanks to Kai's generosity I finally fulfilled my lifelong quest to obtain
> a SoftStrip reader at the VCF. I am complete.
Now that Sam is complete, who else wants one? How much is it worth?
(Yes, I know that it'll bring K$ on ebay, and that on this list somebody
bought one at a garage sale for 5 cents that had a dozen hundred dollar
bills folded up inside of it :-)
Are the old Kilobauds worth anything?
Old Bytes? 80 Micro?
How about the issues of PC magazine that are more than 10 years old?
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Received on Sat Nov 07 1998 - 11:31:23 GMT