eBay Finds (was: Ebay Posts was...)

At 10:01 AM 1/21/99 -0800, you wrote: okay, I was waiting until I was able to do more research, but... For $5 and shipping, I got (on eBay!) a Sharp PC-5000 laptop. No biggie you think? Well, for starters, from what I can tell, it beats the Gavilan out for second place in the Clamshell laptop race (GRiD Compass was first). On top of that, it beats the Gavilan for: removeable program/data cartridges (uses Bubble Memory carts) clamshell with a built-in portable printer, and something else I forget at the moment. It's pretty cool, and a lot cheaper than some of the commoner stuff I've gotten. Other eBay scores: V-Marc 88a portable computer, NEC PC-8201 (not the 8201A), I'm sure there are more, but I have to go pick up my dad. eBay can be useful, but it's takes time to look for old computers. Try doing a search on "Donald Duck" (with the quotes) -- that's a piece of cake. Look for computer and you get a lot of junk. Look for "vintage" and you miss a lot. --------------------------------------------------------------------- O- Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know." Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates San Francisco, California http://www.sinasohn.com/