The 200# person is capable of seeing to it he doesn't get hurt, though, while
someone else has to be paid to prevent damage to the computer.
What you might be able to work with the eBay seller is just to ship the
mainboard. How's that sound? Then he can sell the rest again.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adrian Vickers" <avickers_at_solutionengineers.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 3:11 PM
Subject: Re: CBM 8032 SK
> At 02:30 pm 21/08/2001 -0400, you wrote:
> >> In order to stimulate conversation: Does anyone have a Commodore 8032
> >> mainboard in known working condition that they'd be willing to part with?
> >>
> >> I've recently acquired an 8032-SK, but the CPU is dead, two ROMs are
> >> missing, and even adding known working replacements is not enough to breath
> >> life back into this poor wee beastie. So it's got to be a heart/lung/brain
> >> transplant for it - for now, at least.
> >
> >
> >eBay actually has two:
> >
> >One from Germany:
> >http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1266289471
>
> That would be the one :) No keyboard? No problem: I have a keyboard, and a
> dead base unit...
>
> >
> >and one from the US:
> >http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1266958681
> >
> >Both still have very low prices...
> >
>
> For reference (to other UK readers), it costs $90 to ship an 8032 to the UK
> - and that's 4-6wk surface; I dread to think what the airmail price would
> be...
>
> Odd when you think that it's possible to fly a whole person (e.g. 200lbs)
> to the States & back for the same money...
> Cheers!
> Ade.
> --
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>
>
Received on Tue Aug 21 2001 - 17:17:44 BST