At the thrifts they are always priced at $50. or greater. The Adam is three
pieces, and two of the pieces are on the large size. Those doing the
pricing at the thrifts seem to equate size (and number of pieces) with
price, so these systems tend to be priced higher than average. If you want
one and can find one locally for $50 or less, then you should probably grab
it. You can find them advertised on the net for less, but the shipping
costs will kill any savings.
BTW, don't make the mistake of leaving the printer behind if the pieces
happen to be priced separately. The power supply for the computer is in the
printer so you need it to power the system. Also the data tapes are
non-standard and are becoming harder to come by.
Cliff Gregory
cgregory(a)lrbcg.com
-----Original Message-----
From: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
To: Cgregory <Cgregory>
Date: Friday, January 30, 1998 3:43 AM
Subject: Re: Point Four, Anadex, C-64 questions
>At 08:36 PM 1/29/98 -0800, you wrote:
>>> Also, what's a fair price for a Coleco Adam system: 2 keyboards, memory
>>> box with datacassette drives, external numeric keypad with knob
(paddle?),
>>> and printer.
>>
>>$25 - $30 as long as it works.
>
>I have to disagree here... I'd say $50-75, possibly as high as $100 with
>the extra parts, depending on how badly one wants one. (Again, assuming
>it's working.) Mind you, that's what I'd feel comfortable selling it,
>wihtout feeling like I'd ripped someone off. I don't know if I'd pay that
>much right now, but catch me in a good month...
>
Ya, that was the IBM PC Convertible. There's a picture of one with the
printer attached at
http://www.geocities.com/~compcloset/IBMPCConvertible.htm.
Kai
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PG Manney [SMTP:manney@nwohio.nwohio.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 30, 1998 5:14 PM
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> Subject: Re: Interesting Find
>
>
> (Sharp PC-7100)
>
> > Notice how the handle can slide towards the back so it's off-center?
> > Notice the little metal inserts along the top edge of the back? There's
> a
> > printer (I've only got one) that attaches to the back for portability.
>
> Didn't the IBM Portable (or convertible...whatever) do that?
From: Joe <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net>
Subject: More stuff
[snip!]
> Also got a strange Commodore cable. It has what looks like a double
> ended HP-IB connector one end and a card edge connector on the other. All
> the connectors have 24 contacts. Both ends have a heavy braided ground
> strap. It looks like it's about 2 foot long. Any one know what this is
>for?
That is a PET to IEEE-488 cable, used to interface Commodore IEEE-488
Printers, Modems and Disk Drives to the PET/CBM, B-128 or P-500 series
computers. They are getting hard to come by so if you think you may get
a Commodore PET/CBM/B/P computer one day I would advise you hang onto
it.
Larry Anderson
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> Nope, xt286 was a way to put a cheap system of slightly higher
performance
> out there using slower parts.
...as with the 8088 vs 8086 and 386SX vs DX
> I saw a package of Win 2.0 in a surplus store here if anyone really
wants
> it I'll pick it up. No docs just the set of disks.
I'd love it, if it's super cheap. Thanks.
manney(a)nwohio.com
(Sharp PC-7100)
> Notice how the handle can slide towards the back so it's off-center?
> Notice the little metal inserts along the top edge of the back? There's
a
> printer (I've only got one) that attaches to the back for portability.
Didn't the IBM Portable (or convertible...whatever) do that?
> Speaking of polygonical manholes, does anyone know where to get a copy of
> turtle logo for older macs? Or, perhaps even better, a cartridge version
> for one of the 6502 machines (Atari, c64, etc.)? (This is for my niece
who
> is probably about ready to at least watch logo pgms.)
>
> At 01:06 PM 1/29/98 GMT, you wrote:
> >indeed round because they then won't fall down the hole if you drop
> >them. But other shapes share this property - triangular manholes are
>
> You may have triangular manholes (and, I assume, covers), but I disagree
> with the statement that they won't fall in. (Mind you, they may not be
> *likely* to, but that doesn't mean they won't.)
>
> Consider any regular (is that the right term?) polygon (i.e., all sides,
> angles are equal).
>
> For an odd number of sides: imagine a line from an angle to the midpoint
of
> the opposite side. Imagine a second line, from that same angle to either
> end of the opposite side. You've just created a right triangle
(imaginary
> lines, half the opposite side) wherein the first imaginary line *must* be
> shorter than your second line. Put your first line parallel to the
ground,
> line up the manhole vertically above the corresponding second line on the
> manhole, and drop.
>
> For an even number of sides: Do the same thing, only the reverse
(opposite
> angle and connected side, etc.)
>
> Oh, make sure there's no one down below before dropping *please*
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------- O-
>
> Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad
> roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know."
> Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates
> San Francisco, California http://www.crl.com/~sinasohn/
>
<snip>
However - we better watch our step as this is
> a clip from email I received from the Sam Ismail about information like
> this
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Once again, you've perpetuated off-topic non-sense thus
<snip>
'Scuse me, but...
No matter what the private differences...no matter the language
used...perhaps private e-mail should stay private. I am uncomfortable at
your sharing Sam's private opinions with everyone.
Perhaps I'm defending Sam's feeling needlessly (Not meaning to do that, as
Sam can do it himself without my unsolicited help), but defending my
interests as well -- I, too send private e-mail to list members.
If the discussion on this listserv continues to degenerate to that level --
and with the constant name-calling -- I, for one, will not feel that my
interests are well-served by subscribing.
manney(a)nwohio.com
On my web site, I express my hopes to develop software to help rescue
old cassette data by digitizing the tapes. I'm still hunting for
specifications of the old formats.
I just got a box full of Altair-era cassettes on loan. I plan to
digitize them now and rescue the data later.
- John
Jefferson Computer Museum <http://www.threedee.com/jcm>
>Anyone here ever study
>moon shining? Fasinating subject (except to Sam of course).
Shore! And I can even tie these threads together in a relevant fashion.
At a regular auction I'd once visit, I could pick up computer and
video equipment for a song, and once I got a handmade, Prohibition-era
copper still for $50, and met the guy whose grandfather made it. :-)
- John