At 02:25
9/21/97 +0100, ARD wrote: 
Hmmm... Well, us HP71 owners have the problem that the
IDS....
cost about \pounds 1000
when it came out in the UK. That makes it _very_ difficult to find
second-hand, since so few were ever sold. 
 
 >choke<< talk about an HP collectible....
   Which [the PC
CP/M-86 binder] is sort of pink, for those who are hunting. 
Is it? I've seen a grey Digital Research binder for CP/M86
for the PC. 
 
The IBM PC -- not DRI -- binder for CP/M-86 a la Principles of Ops is
covered in calamine-pink vinyl.  I've got one, seen another.
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