Hans Franke wrote:
Jep, basicly you're right. Completely right.
But help me,
I WANT it. I don't know if I can hold myself from bidding.
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P.S.: has anybody some OSI stuff for sale ?
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And for years I thought, based on responses from a.f.c,
that I was the only person in the world who cared for
OSI equipment!
I had expressed interest in the C3 (and had received the same form
letter you all did), but I will not be participating in any eBay
auction. They are for me a waste of time and effort.
I would like to have a C3, but not as much as many of you out
there. My reasons are purely sentimental; a family friend bought
one for his home bsuiness in the late 1970's, and I went over to his
house on numerous occasions to play with it. I thought the triple
CPU design was slicker than owl snot. I'd just love to play on
one again. I guess I'd rather borrow one than buy it.
More to the point on OSI hardware, I have a C4P motherboard
and service manual somewhere in storage. At one time, when I was
almost exclusively into 6502's, I had entertained the notion of
building enough stuff to make this board do *something* useful.
I no longer have the time to even consider such a project. I am
writing to poll for interest among OSI collectors for such a beast.
It's not a computer, only the mainboard. If you don't have a C4P
already, this is of virtually no use. I have never even powered
it on.
If there are any takers, I will make an effort to dig it out.
Trades are welcome as well as cash offers. I will *not* be auctioning
this off on eBay or any other web-auction service.
-ethan