My "Fresh Meat" at Easter Forli' Hamfest (Re: Fresh Meat)

From: RICCARDO <chemif_at_mbox.queen.it>
Date: Sun May 16 22:35:23 1999

At 17:17 15/05/99 +1, Hans wrote:
>> >I just picked up a Copmaq Portable PLUS (DM 35), a
>> >Portable III (DM 40),
>> >Is there any site with information on the Compaq Portabele III ?

Yesterday and today I "lived" inside the pavillions of Forli' expocenter
where every year take place the Easter Hamfest.

I have also picked a Compaq Portable II at 26 Eu (abt.27 U$D)
It's a 8086 luggable machine with CRT -> VERY HEAVY!

I've also picked:
-WISE WY 3216-40 (_at_ 15 EU no monitor)It's a 386 with the processor and the
RAM mounted in two different ISA cards, linked thru a upper connector. The
keyboard is the classical WY 160 grey terminal keyboard with mmj connector.
The system has a nice LCD retro-illuminated display and a big Megnetic
Peripherals MFM (noisy) disk that reached the edge of his days.

-C=ommodore PC 20 III (_at_ only 13 EU, no monitor) mint conditions 3,5 fdd
probably a 286.

-Some printers (bought not as vintage machines)
- HP 320, HP520 (both _at_ 57 EU)
- 2x Epson FX850 _at_ 35 EU each (they were used by REUTERS somewhere)
 
The man that sold me the Wyse has also a Mannesmann Tally 8 bit optical tape
reader _at_62 EU.
I saw a very similar device inside a frontpanel of a automatic plasma
welding machine
as a numeric controller.
I have taken a picture with my digital camera and I will put it on a webpage
someday
(I just started a HTML/Frontpage course this week)
The reader was new inside its carton box and the man told that he still have
15 available.

Another couple of yummy think I've seen where a Sinclair ZX 81 and a TIMEX 1000
The bad new where the prices (please seat safetly): 150 EU the first :(
and abt. 220 EU the second!!! :o


>P.S.: and speaking of today, new members of my junk yard are:
snip!
>Olivetti CTV 250 Typewriter/Textprocessor (back in the 80s, Olivetti
>had the most impressive design, not just grey boxes - I still would
>love to get hands on one of these small BASIC able 'handheld' systems
>as they where in unse in a lot of Cambio (Money Change) shops - top
>notch design and a cute interior)
 
BASIC "handeld"?
can you explain more about that? you mean the P.O.S./BANCOMAT small units
with thermal printer?
In case you like that kind of Oilvetti design, it's possible to contact many
wharehouse near Ivrea that stocks also new machines, E.G. the TE550 teletype
machine that I've bought new _at_ 92 EU while 3 years ago it was sold to the
National Postal Service _at_ abt. 2500 EU!! ;D

Ciao
Riccardo Romagnoli
<chemif_at_mbox.queen.it>
I-47100 Forl?
Received on Sun May 16 1999 - 22:35:23 BST