-----Original Message----- From: Sam Ismail <dastar(a)wco.com dastar(a)siconic.com ---- The Sorcerer was marketed in Australia by a nationwide group called "Dick Smith Electronics" which was a pioneer in the home computer market here in many ways. They also sold a TRS80 Model 1 clone called "Dick Smith System 80", the "Dick Smith VZ300" (and others in its family I think), and the "Dick Smith Wizard". The latter is a strange machine in which the two paddles, when placed in their slots in the console, make up the two halves of a QWERTY membrane keyboard, with games providing slide-on overlays for the paddles such that the game controls activate the membrane keys underneath. I am not sure if these (other than the Sorcerer) were just re-badged models from overseas, or commisioned by "tricky dick" (he advertised a lot, became very rich, then became a sort of Richard Branson adventurer and philanthropist, and he is actually now head of our civil aviation authority, and some now want him as the first President of Australia if we ever become a republic!) I have here a data sheet for the Sorcerer from 1979 or 1980 in which the 8K machine cost $A1295 and the 16K cost $1395. The only extras advertised then were a cassette recorder for $A35 and the monitor for $A150. Phil Guerney