18 Feb
1999
18 Feb
'99
10:20 p.m.
Latest buy from the Resource Shop attached to Glenorchy tip was a box
containing 6 Atari 2600 consoles, plus 40 odd C64 floppies & about 20
cartridges for the Ataris. I'm keeping the C= disks, but if anyone in Oz
is willing to pay postage, they can have the Ataris & carts (I don't
collect 'em - but for $10 I couldn't say no :-) ) Oh yeah, there's a
Dick Smith VZ200 put aside for me as well, again, I don't really want
it, but will forward it to someone who does (they want $8 for it,
includes tape deck & two joysticks).
cheers,
Lance
18 Feb
18 Feb
4:33 p.m.
On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Lance Lyon wrote:
Latest buy from the Resource Shop attached to
Glenorchy tip was a box
containing 6 Atari 2600 consoles, plus 40 odd C64 floppies & about 20
cartridges for the Ataris. I'm keeping the C= disks, but if anyone in Oz
is willing to pay postage, they can have the Ataris & carts (I don't
collect 'em - but for $10 I couldn't say no :-) ) Oh yeah, there's a
Dick Smith VZ200 put aside for me as well, again, I don't really want
it, but will forward it to someone who does (they want $8 for it,
includes tape deck & two joysticks).
VZ200, eh? Interesting. Maybe you Oz-nerds can shed some light on this.
I recently acquired a Dynasty Smart Alec Jr. Its a small computer with a
chiclet keyboard. Almost reminds me of a Mattel Aquarius. Anyway, on the
bottom the label reads that its a model VZ200, made by VTech (or Video
Technology) circa 1982. Is this the same thing perhaps as a Dick Smith
VZ200?
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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19 Feb
19 Feb
12:51 p.m.
Sam Ismail wrote:
On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Lance Lyon wrote:
VZ200, eh? Interesting. Maybe you Oz-nerds can shed some light on this.
I recently acquired a Dynasty Smart Alec Jr. Its a small computer with a
chiclet keyboard. Almost reminds me of a Mattel Aquarius. Anyway, on the
bottom the label reads that its a model VZ200, made by VTech (or Video
Technology) circa 1982. Is this the same thing perhaps as a Dick Smith
VZ200?
It certainly sounds like it, I believe the VZ200 was cloned as something else in
England (can't recall off hand the name of it). But the year & keyboard match. Is
it a white case ?
cheers,
Lance
18 Feb
18 Feb
10:12 p.m.
On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Lance Lyon wrote:
Yes, white case. The keyboard is sort of a brownish color, with the
chiclet keys being a lighter brown. Each key has a graphic character
associated with it.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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Always hasslin' the man.
Coming in 1999: Vintage Computer Festival 3.0
See http://www.vintage.org/vcf for details!
[Last web site update: 02/15/99]
VZ200, eh?
Interesting. Maybe you Oz-nerds can shed some light on this.
I recently acquired a Dynasty Smart Alec Jr. Its a small computer with a
chiclet keyboard. Almost reminds me of a Mattel Aquarius. Anyway, on the
bottom the label reads that its a model VZ200, made by VTech (or Video
Technology) circa 1982. Is this the same thing perhaps as a Dick Smith
VZ200?
It certainly sounds like it, I believe the VZ200 was cloned as
something else in England (can't recall off hand the name of it). But
the year & keyboard match. Is it a white case ? cheers, 
19 Feb
19 Feb
4:10 p.m.
New subject: List of bargain spots
I am working on a list of neat places to find bargains. A regional thing,
mostly so that when traveling I won't have to spend 3 hours with a phone
book to find some good spots.
The list will NEVER be made public, but I will send it out to people who
send me some places local to them. Ideally I would really like for most
people to be as open in this as I plan to be, and share ALL of the good
local spots they know of. I know SoCal pretty well, and have about a dozen
places, and I have about a dozen other people who have added to that.
The typical information I would want is something like the following;
Fullerton Calif. Bargain Warehouse 714.871.3500 located on Orangethorpe
between State College and Raymond/East street, northwest of the 57/91
interchange. Auction two nights a week, retail store everyday. Carries
product returns/shipping damage/ and closeouts for CostCo. Clothing is a
daily good deal, and amount and items subject to discount changes daily.
Auction is the only good time for most computer or electronics, inspect
carefully, be informed before bidding, but computer items often sell for
very low bids like 50% of current retail.
Yes I know this has nothing to do with old computers, but you can't really
expect me to reveal the local place that recently sold some MicroVaxen for
about $25 a pop, and last visit still had the Systems Industries tape
drives. Likewise I assure everyone that I already know about eBay et al. I
would rather know about the dumpster behind X on the second Tuesday of the
month than just about anything online.
Email me DIRECTLY, do NOT just reply to the list. Use my handy bit of html
if you can.
mailto:mikeford@netwiz.net?subject=BargainSpots
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