19 Jun
2001
19 Jun
'01
7:24 p.m.
On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, John R. Keys Jr. wrote:
I just got back from 18 days down in Houston and
in-between working (and
the flooding) I was able to hit a few thrifts there. I got the
following:
1. A handheld called Compact by Ultratec with a acoustic modem in the
top cover. It's 8 1/2 x 3 1/2 and 1 1/8 inch tall. It has no other
markings on it.
2. Six new in the box Vic20 game cartridges
3. R.O.B. by Nintendo robot
4. Something called a Xscribe that looks like a over grown C64.
XScribe was a San Diego Company that built computer based Court Reporting
machines. The early ones were CP/M based. Unfortunately, as they
diminished in size, so did the company, and after a couple of mergers,
they are remembered mostly by those who lost money in the stock. It now
trades as NMFGE at about 11 cents.
- don
5. A alphamicro 1000A model AM1000-47
6. Radio Shack TRS-80 TP-10 thermal printer
7. Several new in the box TI99 cartridges
8. And about 50+ more items that do not meet the 10 year rule.
It was a good trip just wish the weather had been better.