On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Mike Ford wrote:
> Cool stuff that everybody wants:
> Transwarp accelerator
> Vulcan hard drive
> Focus hard drive
> Fast SCSI card
> SCSI card
> Workstation localtalk card for IIe
Add to that:
Apple //c LCD portable display
> Makes trading very difficult with maybe half a dozen items worth more than
> $20, and handfull of rare items difficult to put any price on, and the rest
> generally $5 or so depending on the marketplace. Add to that in finding any
> of the "good" items, most people end up with boxes of the other stuff. How
> and what do you end up trading? The only reason I cut loose of a couple of
> my SCSI cards is that they sell for $100 and I clearly had more than I
> needed.
I collect whatever //c's I can find for cheap because I'm standardizing on
them as my VCF utility terminal of choice (for taking attendee
registration information, keeping books at the consignment table, etc).
They're nice and self-contained, only needing a display (//c+'s would be
much nicer but they're harder to come across). I have around 10 //c's and
2 //c+'s.
I also take whatever free //e's I get my hands on. They'll come in handy
for something someday (maybe when Hans finishes the C64 super-computer
project we can do one with Apples :)
Sellam International Man of Intrigue and Danger
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Received on Fri Jul 07 2000 - 00:41:18 BST