On 9/13/11 1:55 AM, leaknoil wrote: It is lightly yellowed, which is unavoidable for a machine of this age, and it has a TINY crack in the case. Granted I looked at it via a mobile phone, but I saw no water damage whatsoever on the machine. The metal bases of 7300/3B1 machines corrode like crazy just sitting in air; I've never seen one without chassis corrosion. Except this one, that is. I couldn't disagree more. ~30-year-old systems coming with complete manual sets are pretty rare, and much more so for these, since people unload the (rather nice) binders and use them for other things. None (or very nearly none) of these machines were originally purchased by individuals, so the only surviving ones are coming out of company storerooms and liquidation auctions. Books are usually thrown out, cables are sent to recyclers, and the rest are handled by goons. *snicker* I love classiccmp. ;) I guess I have a different idea of "all the time". ;) I see maybe 1-2 per year, but then I don't really look for them because I have a few. In any event, there's a bid on it (not from me) so the market has spoken. I stand by my assertion that this machine, given its age and what usually happens to these machines (bad case corrosion and REAL yellowing), is in about as good of shape as one could possibly be. I've seen maybe ONE machine (not manuals, the machine itself) in better shape than this one. -Dave -- Dave McGuire Port Charlotte, FL