Tandy 100 pile - could it be valuable?

From: John R. Keys Jr. <jrkeys_at_concentric.net>
Date: Mon Mar 29 19:53:22 1999

I would love to get a model 102 and any technical doc's you can get. Let me
know how help you need to buy this lot. John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: CLASSICCMP-owner_at_u.washington.edu
> [mailto:CLASSICCMP-owner_at_u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of Derek Peschel
> Sent: Sunday, March 28, 1999 11:19 AM
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> Subject: Tandy 100 pile - could it be valuable?
>
>
> Periodically I swing by Surplus Property here. It's very disappointing;
> there hasn't been anything exciting in a few years. Also, the University
> gets first dibs at surplussed things; whatever survives is
> auctioned off in
> big lots. So whatever interesting things ARE there tend to
> either disappear
> again or be sold with a pallet of uninteresting things.
>
> Having said that, I did see a good amount of Model 100s and their
> accessories (disk drives, manuals) and a couple of other Tandy things
> (cassette recorders). Is any of this especially rare? Some
> machines might
> be model 102s, since I saw the 102 tecnical manual. It would be a fair
> amount of effort to get everything; I might be able to convince
> the surplus
> people to make the Tandy stuff their own lot, but I'm not optimistic about
> that.
>
> -- Derek
>
Received on Mon Mar 29 1999 - 19:53:22 BST