6 Mar
2013
6 Mar
'13
1:33 p.m.
On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 12:30 PM, Terry Stewart <terry at webweavers.co.nz>wrote:
Geoff,
There were two complete sets (in original boxes) of PC-8500 systems (main
machine, VDP, dual floppy drive, modem) at Aladdin's Lamp Antiques in
Bellingham, WA (USA) about 4 months ago. I picked up one of the sets for
$85 and poste hered about the other. No idea if it's still there as I
haven't been back since.
One annoying thing to note about the PC-8500 is that thee screen hinge is
of an extremely poor design -- it has a hinge lock (a button on the side
that pushes in to lock) and if that lock is engaged (hint: it will be) and
you try to open the screen you WILL break the hinge
- Josh
A thrift store here locally had a PC-8500, which
looks a bit like a Tandy
Model 200. I passed on it and regretted it later, but someone had beat me
to the punch when I went back to retrieve it. ;)
Pity, The NEC PC-8500 is a rare and beautiful machine.
I had the additional external VDP adapter, and an
external
floppy disk drive for mine.
Wow, those are uber-rare also. I've never seen one in the wild myself.
Terry (Tez)