10 Feb
2002
10 Feb
'02
6:45 a.m.
I personally have never seen an item with a reserve
that I felt was within
range of what I'd pay.
As for the Otrona ... which is a local product, having been made in Boulder ...
these things were trouble from the "git-go" in that several things were known
sources of trouble, including but not limited to the FDC. The only ones (in
terms of organization users) I've ever seen with Otrona machines have been IRS
types.
Strange, I was just reading an article in Byte by Jerry Pounelle from October
1983. He wrote it while on the road with his Otrona. As Byte's main reviewer
he had a choice of most of the machines that were out during this period.
But I guess he wasn't that good a tech person and since he was also a sci-fi
writer who used word-processing a lot just overlooked the Otronas (obvious
to you) glaring faults.
Lawrence
I wouldn't want one, even as a gift. Now, I'm
not a collector, i.e. I
wouldn't want a non-functional i8080 chip either, no matter what the color.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne M. Smith" <wmsmith(a)earthlink.net>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 6:16 PM
Subject: Re: No one likes Otronas?
the same way. People use reserves because they think
Reply to:
lgwalker(a)mts.net
> Just curious if anyone has an opinion on why
this didn't move.
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2001112267 While I
> don't know what his minimum is, seems like anything in this family should
be
> worth about $100 or so, based on what
Kaypros and a few others go for. He
> had it up once before, and it didn't sell.
>
> And I'm not interested in the merits or demerits of eBay, reputations,
yada
> yada yada. I just want to know what someone
thinks why a classic like
this
didn't even get bid on, except by one guy (me).
--John
I don't normally bid on items with reserves, and I think many others operate that starting low may generate a bidding frenzy
that will drive the price
up. It probably has the opposite effect by attracting
bottom feeders that will never bid high, and
turning off some people who
might actually be interested but don't want the
additional
hassle of having to bid against the seller's
reserve.
-W