eBay madness

In message <000601c48f81$dfe2c370$0500fea9@game> "Teo Zenios" &lt;teoz(a)neo.rr.com&gt; wrote: Same here - I tried to get some parts for my logic analyser (pod cables and grabbers) locally - Agilent wanted ?69 (IIRC) for 20 grabbers, most T&M equipment dealers wanted at least twice that. I paid $20 including shipping for a set of 20 grabbers from a seller on Ebay. I'm also bidding on a pod-to-analyser cable and a pod repair kit (the eejit that sold me the pods never bothered mentioning that a few of the cables were damaged to the point of inoperability - I only noticed after I'd left feedback). I agree. I bought my BBC Micro (Master 128 variant) to use, not to shove in a cabinet to be looked at but not touched. They're computers, they're designed as tools, they should be used not looked at from behind a pane of glass. What I would like to do is build a replica of the MOS KIM-1 (or Synertek SYM-1, more likely the latter). I've got a CPU chip, but I'd need to source some 6530 (or 6532? can't remember the part number perfectly) RIOT chips or emulate them with an FPGA. As for the keyboard, well, there's always keyswitches and PCB blanks :) In case you haven't guessed, I like the 6502 - never really managed to get to grips with Z80 assembler, but 6502 ASM was easy (no worse than learning PIC16 assembler). Later. -- Phil. | Acorn Risc PC600 Mk3, SA202, 64MB, 6GB, philpem(a)dsl.pipex.com | ViewFinder, 10BaseT Ethernet, 2-slice, http://www.philpem.dsl.pipex.com/ | 48xCD, ARCINv6c IDE, SCSI ... Are those cookies made with real Girl Scouts?