21 Jun
1998
21 Jun
'98
6:30 a.m.
Megan -
I just wanted to find out if people on this list think
that $100 for
an HP85 with printer and tape drive is a fair price.
I'd have to say probably not. I have a pair of HP-85s that I snagged in the
last 18 months. One cost me $1.00
at a private school flea market and the other cost $12.50 at an auction run
by Goodwill. The system from Goodwill
included an HP padded travel case -- in fact, the system was originally
stacked with some luggage and had not been
bought during that portion of the auction. I found out after I pointed the
system out to the auctioneer and bought it when
they auctioned off the rest of the computer stuff (usually C64s, Atari, and
the occasional Apple IIc or Mac Plus) that I
could have simple asked for a "no bid" sale for the last bid price in the
luggage area and gotten the system for $3.50.
-- Tony Eros
NSIS - ENS/Internet
Wilmington, DE
-----Original Message-----
From: mbg(a)world.std.com [SMTP:mbg@world.std.com]
Sent: Sunday, June 21, 1998 1:35 PM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: HP 85
I just wanted to find out if people on this list think that $100 for
an HP85 with printer and tape drive is a fair price.
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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