An article on the ZX-81 kits still being sold in the US

From: Neil Cherry <ncherry_at_home.net>
Date: Sat Oct 7 14:22:32 2000

Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/2/13785.html
>
> These guys are a bunch of clowns. They used to be selling these for
> $29.95 until the eBay phenomenon hit. Then they jacked up the price to
> $99.95. I guess they must be selling these at that price because they
> haven't backed it down.
>
> Is an unassembled ZX-81 kit worth $99.95 to me? Hell no.

I purchased a kit from them _at_$30 and I also purchased 2 books (<$5 each)
it goes along with a fully assembled (a friend gave me) and a keyboard
added one (my friend call it a frisbee and threw it/gave it to me :-).

I remember wanting one when it was sold in K-Mart in ~1980.

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