15 Nov
2003
15 Nov
'03
10:27 p.m.
On Nov 16, 2003, at 3:02 AM, Mike Ford wrote:
At the Cal Poly Pomona swapmeet today a guy had a TI
computer, the
little silver console, I forget the number, maybe 99/4 or something 4,
an Odessy2, and a box of a dozen or so Intellivision carts. Was this
somethiing I should have grabbed for $30? Talking to him it sounds
like this is just some misc remains, that he sold the "good" stuff,
intellivison controller overlays etc. last swapmeet. No controllers or
power supplies for what he had this time.
Assuming it's a 99/4A, and you don't have any particular interest in an
Odyssey^2 or some Intellivision cartridges, I'd pass. If it's a 99/4
with the chicklet keys, before TI updated (and IIRC gave free
replacements for) the keyboards, I'd buy it. Since the seller mentioned
that his stuff had already been picked over, I doubt an original 99/4
would have survived. TI 99/4A's can be had around here (Kansas City
area) for $9.99 in thrift stores--it's one of the few things I still
see in the wild.
--Mike