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From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf_at_siconic.com>
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Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 12:07 PM
Subject: Re: Aquarius II on eBay didn't sell at over $400
> On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, Keys wrote:
>
> > Check it out
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2779174663
>
> For fairly good reason.
>
> As lame as that computer was, folks like me who first learned to program
> on them are fanatics about it. If I had the money last year when a
> complete Aquarius II system with the exceedingly rare disk drive, 4-color
> printer and other goodies sold for over $500 (I think it might have been
> as high as $700) I would have dropped that.
>
> I'm fairly sure there are less than 100 Aquarius II computers in
> existence. Radofin test marketed them around the world but the product
> got canceled before it sold in any sort of numbers.
>
> I have one that I got by way of Australia from a developer there who was
> writing a teletext system on it. I never realized that they were actually
> sold in stores until I came across the one that sold last year.
>
> In fact, the guy who apparently got the rest of the stuff from that
> developer (through a third party) can be found here:
>
> http://members.aol.com/paparotcy/aquarius/protos.html
>
> ...including the 1541 disk drive adapter wedge.
>
> The one that just closed on eBay was bought by the seller at a store in
> Finland in 1984. So they were sold in stores, but in VERY limited
> numbers.
>
> Here's the most recently updated Aquarius FAQ:
>
> http://www.digitpress.com/faq/aquarius.txt
>
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Well I feel better now reading how bad the aquarius bombed (I purchased a
Timex 2068 in 1983 which didn't do to well either but had better specs then
the aquarius). Still have it here somewhere.
Received on Mon Jan 19 2004 - 11:28:01 GMT