25 Jan
1999
25 Jan
'99
8:46 a.m.
Hi,
I may be interested in one of the CPU's with a keyboard. If you have any
manuals I would appreciate a copy. I think that this is the same as an IBM
PCJR. If I am incorrect please let me know. I collect IBM PCJR's and would
like to have one from another country. Please let me know what the shipping
charge is. Also please let me have a list of wanted computers as I have a
Salvation Army Store about one half hour from my house. I am in the north
east corner of Pennsylvania, USA. Please contact me direct email to set up
shipping arrangements, my email address is > amirault(a)epix.net.
Thanks,
John Amirault
-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Guerney <guerney(a)uq.net.au>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Sunday, January 24, 1999 6:23 AM
Subject: Re: IBM PC-JX (was: Reiability of wrong media)
-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) <cisin(a)xenosoft.com>
although
How many know about the IBM PC-JX? It had
5.25" 720K drives!
Never sold in the U.S., just Japan and Australia?
Hmmm ... never sold in the US....I'll not dwell on the obvious about
collecting a load of JX systems that were used in some schools here and
selling them on e-bay ;)
Do you US collectors want these machines? I don't collect IBM PC's,
I did relent once and pay $A20 for a JX machine (IBM
Model 5511 with 5515
monitor and 5519 expansion unit - made in Japan and all in black with a
3.5"
drive in the main box and a 5.25" drive in the
expansion box) that was in
good condition. As I suspected, not a very interesting computer to me. If
someone was prepared to foot the freight bill from Australia, I would be
prepared to sell or trade it. I also would be prepared to look out for
others and send them on.
Same applies to real Aussie micro's like Microbees and not-so-real Aussie
items like Dick Smith branded computers (which invariably were sold under
other brand/model names in the USA).
Trades are more interesting to me than sales - my main interest is roughly
defined as "1975-1985 home micros". It doesn't matter how much money I got
for this at auction, it wouldn't help me find a lot of stuff that seems
available to you lot at your local thrift store!
If anybody is interested, contact me by private e-mail. Just be prepared
for
at least a 3-month shipping delay, unless it is only a
light item, or you
can afford a hefty air-freight bill.
Phil
Brisbane, Australia.