Any interest in "newer" hardware, software?

Dave Wade dave.g4ugm at gmail.com
Fri Jul 24 07:18:46 CDT 2020


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> From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of Liam Proven via
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> On Fri, 24 Jul 2020 at 08:36, Boris Gimbarzevsky via cctalk
> <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> >
> > Was about to toss a 1987 box containing DOS 3.3 but then figured
> > someone might want it.  Have a couple of XT systems kicking around
> > somewhere
> 
> A chap on the FB Vintage Computing group was seriously asking if an original
> IBM PC with original packaging was worth USD 1000 this week.
> 
> A thousand bucks for an 8088. *shakes head in disbelief*

Well the going rate in the USA for a 5150 seems to be about $2-300 but for the top end you need the box :-(

> 
> I sold a lot of my kit when I moved from the UK to Czechia, 6y ago.
> Individual 1.2 MB 5¼" disk drives went for £25-£50 each. You might be
> surprised how much it is worth... I was.
> 

They are getting hard to get hold of...

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Dave



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