Could that VAR be Reynolds & Reynolds? Wehave one of their systems from
a Buick dealership.
On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Sellam Ismail wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Bill Dawson wrote:
>
> > -> The Silent700 model I'm most interested in was the unit that had
> > -> the dual digital casette drives that were arranged above the unit.
> > ->
> > -> I haven't seen one since the 70's; my Sol uses a keyboard from
> > -> one. Anyone know what it's model number was?
> >
> > Don't remember the model number, but one went unsold on eBay several of
> > months ago. It didn't receive any bids. IIRC, the opening bid was $50
> > dollars. A lot of these units were sold to automobile dealerships via a
> > VAR. I don't remember the name of the VAR either.
>
> I tried listing one back in September '99 with a $50 reserve but it only
> got to $22.00 after 4 bids. I did eventually sell it outside of eBay for
> $50. I thought more people would be interested in it as it's a right cool
> terminal. The model number is 733.
>
> Here are some pictures:
>
> http://www.siconic.com/crap/ASR733-1.jpg
> http://www.siconic.com/crap/ASR733-2.jpg
> http://www.siconic.com/crap/ASR733-3.jpg
> http://www.siconic.com/crap/ASR733-4.jpg
> http://www.siconic.com/crap/ASR733-5.jpg
>
> Through that auction, someone who used to own a GM dealership and used the
> terminals gave me a bit of background on them. I can dig up that message
> if anyone is interested.
>
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