26 Dec
2012
26 Dec
'12
7:56 a.m.
On 26/12/2012 15:23, Zane H. Healy wrote:
At 9:13 AM +0000 12/26/12, Dave wrote:
It wasn't Ben was it?
http://www.aracnet.com/~atari/st_hard.htm
The "bog standard" STs, STFMs and STEs
go for reasonable amounts in
the UK.
I think the Atari's might have been more accessible in the UK and
Europe. Even 15 years ago they were virtually impossible to get, at
least where I live. I tried for several years to find an 8-bit Atari
computer, and eventually ceased to look.
Until recently they were not even selling at all
but the market seems
to have picked up. They seem more expensive in the US. There is a
TT-030 on ebay at present with a "buy-it-now" of $400 which seems
slightly expensive to me as its standard.
http://r.ebay.com/pJz2eC
Actually that's on the low-end of what I feared.
Sadly my MEGA died a while ago but I think my STE
(4Megs RAM, interal
laptop IDE hard drive) and TT-030 (with "hi-res graphics card) both
work fine.
I've been meaning to check on my TT-030 for quite some time. It's the
only Atari I've ever managed to get my hands on.
At one point I ran into someone selling several ST's and MEGA's at a
swap meet, but he wanted far more than I (or anyone else) was willing
to pay.
Zane