21 Aug
2001
21 Aug
'01
5:17 p.m.
The 200# person is capable of seeing to it he doesn't get hurt, though, while
someone else has to be paid to prevent damage to the computer.
What you might be able to work with the eBay seller is just to ship the
mainboard. How's that sound? Then he can sell the rest again.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adrian Vickers" <avickers(a)solutionengineers.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 3:11 PM
Subject: Re: CBM 8032 SK
At 02:30 pm 21/08/2001 -0400, you wrote:
That would be the one :) No keyboard? No problem: I have a keyboard, and a
dead base unit...
In order
to stimulate conversation: Does anyone have a Commodore 8032
mainboard in known working condition that they'd be willing to part with?
I've recently acquired an 8032-SK, but the CPU is dead, two ROMs are
missing, and even adding known working replacements is not enough to breath
life back into this poor wee beastie. So it's got to be a heart/lung/brain
transplant for it - for now, at least.
eBay actually has two:
One from Germany:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1266289471
and one from the US:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1266958681
Both still have very low prices...
For reference (to other UK readers), it costs $90 to ship an 8032 to the UK
- and that's 4-6wk surface; I dread to think what the airmail price would
be...
Odd when you think that it's possible to fly a whole person (e.g. 200lbs)
to the States & back for the same money...
Cheers!
Ade.
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