Seen at swapmeet, should I or shouldn't I?

From: passerm <passerm_at_umkc.edu>
Date: Sun Nov 16 06:27:07 2003

On Nov 16, 2003, at 3:02 AM, Mike Ford wrote:

> At the Cal Poly Pomona swapmeet today a guy had a TI computer, the
> little silver console, I forget the number, maybe 99/4 or something 4,
> an Odessy2, and a box of a dozen or so Intellivision carts. Was this
> somethiing I should have grabbed for $30? Talking to him it sounds
> like this is just some misc remains, that he sold the "good" stuff,
> intellivison controller overlays etc. last swapmeet. No controllers or
> power supplies for what he had this time.

Assuming it's a 99/4A, and you don't have any particular interest in an
Odyssey^2 or some Intellivision cartridges, I'd pass. If it's a 99/4
with the chicklet keys, before TI updated (and IIRC gave free
replacements for) the keyboards, I'd buy it. Since the seller mentioned
that his stuff had already been picked over, I doubt an original 99/4
would have survived. TI 99/4A's can be had around here (Kansas City
area) for $9.99 in thrift stores--it's one of the few things I still
see in the wild.

--Mike
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