25 Feb
2000
25 Feb
'00
2:35 p.m.
Thanks for the kind words Bill. I just joined the list recently
to expand my knowledge and newly acquired interest in computers. Built
up a pretty good "instant collection" of semi-early HP stuff. My wife is
giving me a really hard time about another hobby and more "junk".
Regards, Craig
William Donzelli wrote:
The owner is in Roanoke, Va. He's been
selling^H^H^H^H^H^H^H listing a
lot of HP stuff on E-bay. Most of it he knows nothing about and claims
that it "appears to work". After some discussion with him, I found that
"appears to work" means that the fan comes on but nothing else does! So
watch out. Based on my conversations with him, I don't think he's
interested in selling anything off of E-bay, unless maybe after it got no
bids. He's listed a couple of HP 1000s, a HP 9825 and a HP 9845 that I
know of.
Craig Smith is a decent guy - but computers are not his thing (_old_
radios are). Please, folks, not everyone that lists old computers on Ebay is
part of the "6800 assembler coding"* crowd. Don't slam them too
hard...they are just being honest with what they know.
*Think back to an ancient thread.
William Donzelli
aw288(a)osfn.org