10 Jun
2001
10 Jun
'01
10:48 a.m.
On Sat, 9 Jun 2001, Jeff Hellige wrote:
Well, tonight a SOL-20 with Helios disk system was
put up for
sale and within two hours of the seller placing the listing, it was
bought for $750 with the 'buy it now' option. No biggie, other than
He certainly got a good deal. I say it's a fair real-world price too.
the buyer was the seller that was discussed here a few
weeks ago
concerning the Mark-8 kit, as well as the seller of another SOL-20
that recently sold for $1375.00. This machine had a North Star disk
controller and two 16k RAM boards, and that was it. He also recently
sold an IMSAI 8080.
Anyone want to place odds as to what SOL and/or Helios disk
system will appear on eBay once again in the near future, but with a
higher reserve?
A capitalist. I wish I wasn't so ambitious or else I'd just make my money
this way too.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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