24 Aug
2004
24 Aug
'04
10:11 a.m.
At 22:19 23/08/2004, you wrote:
Hi folks,
Had a mail from someone who has 2 of these 'boxed in new condition'. They're
pretty early BASIC calculators so they must be of interest to someone; he'd
like to know how much they're worth to collectors - it's the first time
someone's mailed me who doesn't want to stick things on ebay!
Bugger all is the answer. You can still buy them new - google for "Merlin 2
navigation computer". Yours for AU$235, and that includes some useful software.
I have a bunch of them, although they're not NIB. I also have some PC1360s,
which are cooler IMHO. Also, somewhere, I have a super-rarity - a piece of
software called "Transfile PC" which - with the included cable - allows one
to write basic programs with your PC (c/w proper keyboard, obviously), then
transfer them to the Sharp PCxxxx (it supported a number of models,
including the PC1248) to be run. Dead handy, it was - I must root it out
again & make sure it still works...
Cheers, Ade.
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