17 Apr
2002
17 Apr
'02
9:10 p.m.
I was going through the Ebay completed items just out of boredom, and
noticed that an HP2748B paper tape reader went for $5.00 back on April 6th.
That is one HECK of a deal!!! About a year and a half ago I saw (much to my
chagrin, long story) an HP 7900A disc drive in working condition go for
about $100 bucks.
I missed the 2748B, but wouldn't have bid anyways, I already have two :)
Jay West
17 Apr
17 Apr
10:59 p.m.
I agree-but you have to research, and be vigilent and
patient. Look where others might not. I picked up a
Remex paper tape spooler/reader at a good price, $36.
I found the parallel interface doc via Google and
intend to make a simple parallel to serial converter
for it with a PIC (I've already programmed it before
I've gotten it) because it's more practical to use it
this way given my purposes. From the same guy I goy a
mess of pre-80 PCB's, with loads of socketed EPROMS,
CPU's, etc, for $16. I noted on these boards that
there are 20+ white/gold EPROMS. If this turns out to
be a dud deal, I can sell the chips alone on eBay for
more than I paid for the whole package.
BTW, have you ever noticed that it seems as though
people "shadow" you on eBay? I've seen this one guy
bid on virtually everything I'm interested in, and
this person has an unlimited budget!
--- Jay West <jwest(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
I was going through the Ebay completed items just
out of boredom, and
noticed that an HP2748B paper tape reader went for
$5.00 back on April 6th.
That is one HECK of a deal!!! About a year and a
half ago I saw (much to my
chagrin, long story) an HP 7900A disc drive in
working condition go for
about $100 bucks.
I missed the 2748B, but wouldn't have bid anyways, I
already have two :)
Jay West
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19 Apr
19 Apr
7:02 a.m.
Jay West wrote:
I was going through the Ebay completed items just out
of boredom, and
noticed that an HP2748B paper tape reader went for $5.00 back on April 6th.
That is one HECK of a deal!!!
Well, as it happens, I got an HP2748B for *free* the other day. And,
it included an extra read-head unit with an 8/6 track switch.
Oh, and an HP 2100S, too!
I missed the 2748B, but wouldn't have bid anyways,
I already have two :)
I'm tempted to wire mine up to a more modern computer (hardly
dare say "PC" :) and read paper tapes with it. Has anyone
done that sort of thing?
--
John Honniball
coredump(a)gifford.co.uk
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