31 Dec
1998
31 Dec
'98
11:29 a.m.
Partially assembled:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=52822778
31 Dec
31 Dec
12:26 a.m.
New subject: Osborne 01 for only $5000.00
Gads!! Check this out on eBay !!! Ha! Ha! HeHeHe!!!
An Osborne 01 for an opening bid of only $5000.00 HeHeHe!!!
As stated in the ad it could be a "Corner Stone" of your computer
collection..
He is even generous enough to include free shipping.. HeHe!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=50980862
Funny thing there are no bids on it yet.. <Grin>
Phil..
1 Jan
1 Jan
1:19 p.m.
New subject: Osborne 01 for only $5000.00
Phil,
I paid $15 for mine! Maybe I should list it on ebay for a starting bid
of $1000(JOKE,LAUGH)!
I am getting some software for it for only $12. Maybe I can throw the
software in for free.
I am not selling my Osborne1 now or ever. I think that some people need
to learn what the Salvation Army Stores are for. They are all over the
USA.
John Amirault
amirault(a)epix.net
Phil Clayton wrote:
Gads!! Check this out on eBay !!! Ha! Ha! HeHeHe!!!
An Osborne 01 for an opening bid of only $5000.00 HeHeHe!!!
As stated in the ad it could be a "Corner Stone" of your computer
collection..
He is even generous enough to include free shipping.. HeHe!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=50980862
Funny thing there are no bids on it yet.. <Grin>
Phil..
13 Jan
13 Jan
1:54 a.m.
New subject: Osborne 01 for only $5000.00
An Osborne 01 for an opening bid of only $5000.00
HeHeHe!!!
As stated in the ad it could be a "Corner Stone" of your computer
collection..
He is even generous enough to include free shipping..
HeHe!!
Funny thing there are no bids on it yet.. <Grin>
Now he has relisted:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=55156048
and the price is building up, fairly high through (355USD).
(Also the Shipment is no longer free :)
Gruss
H.
--
Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
5:13 a.m.
New subject: Osborne 01 for only $410.50+
Hans Franke wrote:
Now he has relisted:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=55156048
and the price is building up, fairly high through (355USD).
(Also the Shipment is no longer free :)
Ah yes, but notice the feedback ratings on the bidders ... and who is
missing!
The Classic Computer Club met last night and we were talking about the value
of the Osborne I. My comment was that it was probably a $50 or less garage
sale item, and $150 or so on ebay; looks like I was a bit low! It will be
interesting to see what the final bid is AND if that bid goes through.
BTW, notice the serial number (01497) with the comment "This probably
shipped the first week" <sigh>. I really don't mind ebay sales, but I
*really* dislike sellers spouting ignorance to try and build prices!
8:41 a.m.
New subject: Osborne 01 for only $410.50+
Marvin wrote:
BTW, notice the serial number (01497) with the comment
"This probably
shipped the first week" <sigh>. I really don't mind ebay sales, but I
*really* dislike sellers spouting ignorance to try and build prices!
You and I both. I had a PS/2 model 50Z that was in the first 500 by serial
number but it still went for $7.95 plus shipping. Granted the PS/2 isn't as
"rare" as the Osborne I but your point about the seller abusing his or her
comments to make the unit sell for more is ridiculous. Sure I'd like to sell an
Osborne I, or even my kaypro 2X, for that kind of money as I know I can always
find another at a more reasonable amount. As it is the guy probably was given
the machine by someone that had it in their closet since day 1 and is out to
find the finest of P.T. Barnums example of "a sucker born every minute".
8:29 a.m.
New subject: Osborne 01 for only $5000.00
Also note that all bidders on this item are rookies, no feedback built
up or very little. Most that I checked have been on ebay since just
before Christmas. That's part of the reasoning that they are bidding on
an item that's well over $400 and still hasn't met it's "reserve"
price.
If the item doesn't get to his ridiculous reserve, he doesn't have to
honor the sale when it closes and can relist it again.
Hans Franke wrote:
An Osborne 01
for an opening bid of only $5000.00 HeHeHe!!!
As stated in the ad it could be a "Corner Stone" of your computer
collection..
He is even generous enough to include free
shipping.. HeHe!!
Funny thing there are no bids on it yet..
<Grin>
Now he has relisted:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=55156048
and the price is building up, fairly high through (355USD).
(Also the Shipment is no longer free :)
Gruss
H.
--
Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
4:09 p.m.
New subject: Osborne 01 for only $5000.00
Russ Blakeman wrote:
Also note that all bidders on this item are rookies,
no feedback
built up or very little. Most that I checked have been on ebay since
just before Christmas. That's part of the reasoning that they are
bidding on an item that's well over $400 and still hasn't met it's
"reserve" price. If the item doesn't get to his ridiculous reserve, he
doesn't have to honor the sale when it closes and can relist it again.
When We Laugh at the reserve price of $400, keep in mind that a famous
baseball sold at an auction this week to a high bidder of almost 7
million dollars.. Hard to believe!
To me a baseball is worth about 3 bucks.. A used one even less...
Beauty is truly in the eyes of the beholder..
Phil...
14 Jan
14 Jan
10:16 a.m.
New subject: Osborne 01 for only $5000.00
The seller never answered with either a figure or to tell me to get bent so
the actual reserve is still a mystery until someone hits it and clears the
"reserve not met". It's over $400 reserve.
Phil Clayton wrote:
Russ Blakeman wrote:
Also note that all bidders on this item are
rookies, no feedback
built up or very little. Most that I checked have been on ebay since
just before Christmas. That's part of the reasoning that they are
bidding on an item that's well over $400 and still hasn't met it's
"reserve" price. If the item doesn't get to his ridiculous reserve, he
doesn't have to honor the sale when it closes and can relist it again.
When We Laugh at the reserve price of $400, keep in mind that a famous
baseball sold at an auction this week to a high bidder of almost 7
million dollars.. Hard to believe!
To me a baseball is worth about 3 bucks.. A used one even less...
Beauty is truly in the eyes of the beholder..
Phil... 
13 Jan
13 Jan
4:27 p.m.
New subject: Osborne 01 for only $5000.00
When We Laugh at the reserve price of $400, keep in
mind that a famous
baseball sold at an auction this week to a high bidder of almost 7
million dollars.. Hard to believe!
To me a baseball is worth about 3 bucks.. A used one even less...
Beauty is truly in the eyes of the beholder..
Excuse me, which universe did this happen in? As far as I know, it
went for 2.7 Million, with an addition 305k being paid in commission
by the purchaser... A far cry from 7 Mil...
but otherwise, your comment still applies...
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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14 Jan
14 Jan
10:03 a.m.
New subject: FT: Poly 88 Docs
I have available the following original Poly 88 docs for trade:
Volume I: Assembly, Test, and Theory of Hardware (1976, 52pp)
Addendum to Volume I: Serial Option (1976, 14pp)
Cassette Interface Minicard (1977, 44pp)
Memory Addressing, Vectored Interrupt, and Serial I/O (32pp)
Volume II: Operation and Software (1976, 100+pp)
I need Heathkit H8 docs, but I'd also consider other pre-1977 micro docs
in trade. I'm also looking for H8 software on papertape (copies are
fine).
-- Doug
12:20 p.m.
New subject: FT: Poly 88 Docs
On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, Doug Yowza wrote:
I need Heathkit H8 docs, but I'd also consider
other pre-1977 micro
docs in trade. I'm also looking for H8 software on papertape (copies
are fine).
I don't have any docs 8-( But I have disk drives. Hard sectored with
CP/M (H89) and HDOS(H8). If I can ever get it to 'completely' read a
disk. 8-(
It will give directories - but can run anything... Ideas?
Especially on how to re-align the drives...
BC
13 Jan
13 Jan
8:35 a.m.
New subject: Osborne 01 for only $5000.00
Presently the bidder is from the Netherlands. I wrote the seller to see
if I can get a ballpark idea of what his reserve is, we'll see if maybe
he's concocted a roundabout way to still get the $5000 for the machine.
I really don't care if it was serial number 000002, I don't see the
value in it myself after seeing 30 or 40 of the same machines run over
with a bulldozer back 8 or so yrs ago in a military surplus yard on a
base I was on that is now closed in Illinois.
Hans Franke wrote:
An Osborne 01
for an opening bid of only $5000.00 HeHeHe!!!
As stated in the ad it could be a "Corner Stone" of your computer
collection..
He is even generous enough to include free
shipping.. HeHe!!
Funny thing there are no bids on it yet..
<Grin>
Now he has relisted:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=55156048
and the price is building up, fairly high through (355USD).
(Also the Shipment is no longer free :)
Gruss
H.
--
Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK 
12:47 p.m.
New subject: Osborne 01 for only $5000.00
Hans Franke said...
|
|> An Osborne 01 for an opening bid of only $5000.00 HeHeHe!!!
|> As stated in the ad it could be a "Corner Stone" of your computer
|> collection..
Sheesh.
Maybe it's time to sell my vintage Sinclair.
Look for it on eBay soon.
If I can't get at least a grand for it, I'll
eat my hat.
-Miles
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