23 Oct
2009
23 Oct
'09
11:22 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-
bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Roger Pugh
Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 10:48 AM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Sinclair ZX80 on Ebay
I think the silly thing is, this ZX80 is only ever going to be a
collectors piece. It will never be used, if it is completed it will
lose 90% of its value. the value of the components are a few pounds
or dollars and you can get 95% of the experience of ownership by
buying a 10 pound/dollar ZX81/TS100 and switching it to FAST mode!
I think ZX80's are overpriced at ?50 let alone ?100 and ?1000. I cant
see them being that rare! Also i have noticed Sinclair QL bits
getting more expensive recently. I'm glad i have way too many of them
already!
I won a nice HP85 on the same auction site two weeks ago for ?27,
bargains are still there to be had!
Madness
Rog
Silly? Is it any sillier than having a 700lb. computer in one's basement, and doing
most of one's work on a laptop on the dining room table? (That's me, by the way:
my VAX 6660 is a beast. And it's not alone in that basement....)
Would I pay that kind of money for a Sinclair ZX80? Uh, no. But I *have* paid that kind
of money for other items that are equally as "useless" as computing devices (at
least compared to my PowerBook or my dual G4 desktops).
Hello, my name is Ian, and I'm a collector. :-)