PETs ( was Who was in Australia?) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

21 Jun 1997

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  From: Paul E Coad &lt;pcoad(a)crl.com&gt;
 To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
&lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt;
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  Subject: Re: Who was in Australia?
 Date: Saturday, June 21, 1997 7:39 PM

 On Fri, 20 Jun 1997, Kai Kaltenbach wrote:

  	Subject:      Mint Commodore PET FOR Sale
 	From:         "Stephen McCoy and Charmiane Barr"
 &lt;mrsmrx(a)efni.com&gt;
 	Date:         1997/06/17Message-Id:
 <01bc7b43$fddee5c0$b8933dcf@charmaine>
 	Newsgroups:   aus.computers.amiga[More Headers]  
 I'll bite on this.  How much is one of these worth?  I have almost 
 zero experience with PETs having only seen 2 in person.  What are the
 relative rarities of the various models of PETs?  Did they make a 
 bunch of them?  Are they really common in some places and pretty
 rare in others?  

 The ones I have seen are pretty cool looking in a retro-future kind of way.
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 Also note that whois reports that efni.com is in Canada.  The machine
 might not be in Australia. 

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Well I'm in Australia and naturally have emailed mrsmrx(a)efni.com to ask
their location.

Unlike Altair and Imsai, PETs are obtainable here. I have one chicklet
keyboard 4k version, a CBM 3032 and a CBM 8032 hulk. I suspect they will
always be around because they are so hard to destroy. The case is very
solid. I found the "hulk" in a paddock, like some people find ancient cars!
 I've never attempted to power this one up though.