31 May
2007
31 May
'07
7:05 p.m.
I can see paying $50 for a Kaypro II. Maybe even $75.
But $25,000.00?
eBay #300039229895
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
31 May
31 May
8:51 p.m.
Dave McGuire wrote:
I can see paying $50 for a Kaypro II. Maybe even $75.
But $25,000.00?
eBay #300039229895
the guy who listed it didn't do his logic right. A Kaypro II s/n 3
is arguably worth some amount, maybe more than a pedestrian
one is, and if it is primo I agree, I'd pop a couple of hundred
or so in a good mood.
But the s/n 00003 he is gaga over is for the test set the Kaypro
was part of. Probably some specialty house who had two lame
attempts as s/n 1 and 2,and this might be the last. Nothing to
do with anything special at kaypro.
total miss by whoever listed it. I agree $50 or so on a good day.
where is dk these days, he needs to drop a few thousand on
this one.
jim
10:38 p.m.
I think that this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracor is the tracor, inc
that made the test rig that kaypro was part of, possibly something for the
military.
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Subject: Re: I had no idea Kaypros were so valuable.
Dave McGuire wrote:
I can see paying $50 for a Kaypro II. Maybe even $75.
But $25,000.00?
eBay #300039229895
the guy who listed it didn't do his logic right. A Kaypro II s/n 3
is arguably worth some amount, maybe more than a pedestrian
one is, and if it is primo I agree, I'd pop a couple of hundred
or so in a good mood.
But the s/n 00003 he is gaga over is for the test set the Kaypro
was part of. Probably some specialty house who had two lame
attempts as s/n 1 and 2,and this might be the last. Nothing to
do with anything special at kaypro.
total miss by whoever listed it. I agree $50 or so on a good day.
where is dk these days, he needs to drop a few thousand on
this one.
jim
10:54 p.m.
On Thu, 31 May 2007, Dave McGuire wrote:
I can see paying $50 for a Kaypro II. Maybe even
$75.
But $25,000.00?
eBay #300039229895
A lot of the prices he's asking for his other stuff are rather out of
line.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
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A: Top-posting.
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1 Jun
1 Jun
9:29 a.m.
interesting... The fuzzy number in the lower left part of the TRACOR
label plate looks like a federal govt contract number. That would
explain the "test set" verbiage as well as the really low "serial
number"
s shumaker
At 10:54 PM 5/31/2007, you wrote:
On Thu, 31 May 2007, Dave McGuire wrote:
I can see paying $50 for a Kaypro II. Maybe
even $75.
But $25,000.00?
eBay #300039229895
A lot of the prices he's asking for his other stuff are rather out of
line.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
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