UPS delivered my 6800 and the MF-68 floppy disk system today. After spending almost a week floating around UPS trucks in Washington state the documentation and terminal kit are finally on their way east again as well. The dirt/spider buildup after 20 years on a shelf is considerable, so it's going to take quite a bit of cleaning up but it's wholly intact and in pretty nice shape. One nice thing is that it has an EPROM progammer board installed, as well as 20k RAM, serial card, CPU card, and disk controller. Overall, a pretty nice setup.. Jeff -- Home of the TRS-80 Model 2000 FAQ File http://www.cchaven.com http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lakes/6757

Rubbing it in would've been mentioning that the exact same KIM-1 setup I just picked up for near nothing had an identical twin on eBay go for $400..<g> One thing odd about the 6800 though is that there is a 36pin ribbon cable going from the bottom of the mainboard to a D-shell connector on the rear of the machine. Most of the wires from the ribbon cable are soldered to various points on the SS-50 bus. The guy I got it from doesn't have a clue what it was used for. Another interesting point is that what I thought was a 6800/2, based on the rear of the case, would appear to be an earlier machine based on all of the boards inside. All of them are of the original set vice the later updated/modified ones. Jeff -- Home of the TRS-80 Model 2000 FAQ File http://www.cchaven.com http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lakes/6757