New finds in Houston

From: John R. Keys Jr. <jrkeys_at_concentric.net>
Date: Tue Jun 19 23:57:30 2001

After I get it dried and cleaned up I will have to see if it still
works. Thanks for the information. John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Maslin" <donm_at_cts.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 11:24 PM
Subject: Re: New finds in Houston


>
>
> On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, John R. Keys Jr. wrote:
>
> > I just got back from 18 days down in Houston and in-between working
(and
> > the flooding) I was able to hit a few thrifts there. I got the
> > following:
> >
> > 1. A handheld called Compact by Ultratec with a acoustic modem in
the
> > top cover. It's 8 1/2 x 3 1/2 and 1 1/8 inch tall. It has no other
> > markings on it.
> >
> > 2. Six new in the box Vic20 game cartridges
> >
> > 3. R.O.B. by Nintendo robot
> >
> > 4. Something called a Xscribe that looks like a over grown C64.
>
> XScribe was a San Diego Company that built computer based Court
Reporting
> machines. The early ones were CP/M based. Unfortunately, as they
> diminished in size, so did the company, and after a couple of mergers,
> they are remembered mostly by those who lost money in the stock. It
now
> trades as NMFGE at about 11 cents.
>
> - don
>
> > 5. A alphamicro 1000A model AM1000-47
> >
> > 6. Radio Shack TRS-80 TP-10 thermal printer
> >
> > 7. Several new in the box TI99 cartridges
> >
> > 8. And about 50+ more items that do not meet the 10 year rule.
> > It was a good trip just wish the weather had been better.
> >
> >
>
>
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