Let's keep in mind also, that the 16-64K motherboard is far more
valuable/rare/suckerbait than the 64-256K board.
> > Someone beat you to it with 10 untested main units on ebay - how many
> > buyers you think will know to get the right monitor? I wonder where
> > they get the idea that dual floppy is rare on them? All of the ones I
> > have (except 2) have dual floppies, the other two I would consider
> > more rare as they have FH 5mb hard drives and a controller.
The 5MB hard drive is third party after-market. The first hard drive that
IBM marketed for it was 10M.
Are third party after-market accessories more or less valuable than OEM?
The two floppy drive is certainly the most common.
One drive is less common, and no drives is the least common, although no
such configuration is truly RARE.
Strange, considering that IBM was charging $500 per drive, and using the
same drives as the TRS-80 (~$200 after market for the same brand/model
(Tandon TM100-1))
But, ... it makes the block-off plates that IBM used whenever there wasn't
a drive R_at_RE & VALUABLE! (they're much nicer than the aftermarket
block-offs, and have a metal backing/bracket.
> No pictures, and it's not being marketed as a "collector's item". I'm
> willing to be an IBM 5150 that a properly worded auction right now will
> fetch a decent amount.
"willing to BE an IBM 5150"?????
Confusing. Well, ... one of my students who watches too many cop shows
on TV told me that, at least in California, "5150" is cop radio slang for
a person with "mental problems making them a threat to themselves or
others".
Eventually I realized that it was a typo, and he meant to say that he was
willing to "BET".
I'd better be careful. Noticing other people's typos could eventually
lead to my being held accountable for my own spellling misteaks.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin_at_xenosoft.com
Received on Mon Aug 06 2001 - 11:18:51 BST