TRS-80 Mod 12 for sale

Hi, gang. A couple of years ago, I dove headlong into the old computer collecting thing, thinking naively that I was doing something unique. I was going to build a great online museum, and have all these neat machines displayed thoughout my house and possibly at the local university. Then I discovered this list, and realized that not only was I not alone in my pursuits, but that I was also small potatoes compared to some of you. Plus, the collection started to take over the basement, as they are wont to do. I also design theatrical sound effects, and I'm trying to build a small project studio here in the basement. That endeavour has taken over most of my free time. So, I started paring down the collection to a few choice pieces plus those with sentimental value to me. I did a entire display at the local library of Tandy equipment last year. I realized, while setting it up and subsequently taking it down, that I should keep the Model 1, the 100 & 200, the Pocket, and the Micro CoCo and jettison the rest of the Tandy collection. Rather than put this sucker on ebay, I thought I'd give first shot to my extended cyberfamily here on the list. I'm going to start with a Model 12, with two 8" floppy drives, keyboard, and two external 20mb hard drives. Don't know how well it works, but I was told that it booted last time it was powered up. I don't have any software other than what's loaded on the hd's. I've realized that I just don't have the time and no longer have the inclination to mess with all of this stuff, so it should go to someone who does. As I said, this is going in the kitty to finance the purchase of a synth or two for the studio, so I would like to get something out of it. This one wasn't a freebie for me. Also, if you know what one is, you know how bulky and heavy they are, so I would like to limit it to pickup in the Northwest Indiana/Chicago area. Valparaiso is about halfway between Chicago and South Bend, Indiana. Actually, I don't care where you live. If you're willing to drive to Valpo, that's fine with me. If you have problems with this email address, as my provider filters based on ORBS and sometimes things get stuck, use my work address pbraun(a)olivellp.com. I'll take the best offer as of Tuesday May 1st at midnight. Depending on how this goes, I have more Tandy pieces that I'll put up here first instead of ebay. I also have a mess of Bytes from the early 80's on that I'll offer as soon as I get 'em sorted, hopefully this weekend. Thanks. Paul Braun WD9GCO Cygnus Productions nerdware_nospam(a)laidbak.com "A computer without a Microsoft operating system is like a dog without a bunch of bricks tied to its head."