At 10:01 AM 1/21/99 -0800, you wrote:
>One thing I find interesting is that I rarely find anyone talking about
>their finds on ebay; why not?
okay, I was waiting until I was able to do more research, but...
For $5 and shipping, I got (on eBay!) a Sharp PC-5000 laptop. No biggie
you think? Well, for starters, from what I can tell, it beats the Gavilan
out for second place in the Clamshell laptop race (GRiD Compass was first).
On top of that, it beats the Gavilan for: removeable program/data
cartridges (uses Bubble Memory carts) clamshell with a built-in portable
printer, and something else I forget at the moment.
It's pretty cool, and a lot cheaper than some of the commoner stuff I've
gotten. Other eBay scores: V-Marc 88a portable computer, NEC PC-8201 (not
the 8201A), I'm sure there are more, but I have to go pick up my dad.
eBay can be useful, but it's takes time to look for old computers. Try
doing a search on "Donald Duck" (with the quotes) -- that's a piece of
cake. Look for computer and you get a lot of junk. Look for "vintage" and
you miss a lot.
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Received on Thu Jan 21 1999 - 16:33:37 GMT