Ohio Scientific (fwd)

From: Ethan Dicks <erd_at_infinet.com>
Date: Thu Oct 29 09:40:15 1998

>
> Hans Franke wrote:
> > Jep, basicly you're right. Completely right. But help me,
> > I WANT it. I don't know if I can hold myself from bidding.
> <----snip---->
> > P.S.: has anybody some OSI stuff for sale ?
> <----snip---->
>
> And for years I thought, based on responses from a.f.c,
> that I was the only person in the world who cared for
> OSI equipment!

I had expressed interest in the C3 (and had received the same form
letter you all did), but I will not be participating in any eBay
auction. They are for me a waste of time and effort.

I would like to have a C3, but not as much as many of you out
there. My reasons are purely sentimental; a family friend bought
one for his home bsuiness in the late 1970's, and I went over to his
house on numerous occasions to play with it. I thought the triple
CPU design was slicker than owl snot. I'd just love to play on
one again. I guess I'd rather borrow one than buy it.

More to the point on OSI hardware, I have a C4P motherboard
and service manual somewhere in storage. At one time, when I was
almost exclusively into 6502's, I had entertained the notion of
building enough stuff to make this board do *something* useful.
I no longer have the time to even consider such a project. I am
writing to poll for interest among OSI collectors for such a beast.
It's not a computer, only the mainboard. If you don't have a C4P
already, this is of virtually no use. I have never even powered
it on.

If there are any takers, I will make an effort to dig it out.

Trades are welcome as well as cash offers. I will *not* be auctioning
this off on eBay or any other web-auction service.

-ethan
Received on Thu Oct 29 1998 - 09:40:15 GMT