10 Feb
2002
10 Feb
'02
10:29 a.m.
On Sun, 10 Feb 2002, Richard Erlacher wrote:
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
You mean the ubiquitous NEC 765, of course. I remember the folks at
Myvroft Labs writing a preface paragraph to their little manual for
their communications program for the Attache' wondering why anyone would
choose such a "brain dead chip" for that machine.
- don
(in terms of organization users) I've ever seen
with Otrona machines have been
IRS types.
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
> 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