Thanks for your replies to my previous posting: I managed to find homes
for almost everything.
I've been going through the boxes in the garage, and found a surprising
assortment of little tidbits left over from my old computers. Except as
otherwise noted, the hardware is used, in "excellent" or "like-new"
cosmetic condition. I say "probably working" a lot, but it has a better
than 90% chance of being fully functional. The paper stuff is generally
is "visibly used, but not abused" condition.
All prices are "plus postage". Yes, I know that the shipping cost will
often be more than what I'm asking for the goods, but I don't get to set
the rates. If this *really* bothers you, let me know: I'll be happy to
raise the price to correct the imbalance ;-)
I'd prefer PayPal, but any form of payment that doesn't cost me money in
bank fees is fine.
Ran
Here's the list:
Pet Pack - $5
Osborne's PET User Guide
Osborne's "PET and the IEEE-488 Bus"
VIC-20 Pack - $12
Original user manual (cover somewhat scuffed, "good+" condition)
Commodore's programmer's guide
Osborne's VIC-20 User Guide (you can have this "semi-autographed"
if you want, but I lost touch with my co-author about 15 years
ago, so you'll have to settle for "semi-", unless you want to
track him down).
Compute's "Gazette" for the VIC and C-64, first issue
A VICModem (probably 300 baud, probably working. No labels on it,
though. This might've been a prototype or pilot unit, and is
cosmetically only somewhat better than "good").
A 3-slot backplane board from
Atari Pack - $5
Star Raiders cartridge
Telink II cartridge (modem program??)
No docs or box with these. I'd say the odds are better than 95%
that both are good. I *think* I still have a couple of cassette
apps (probably games) from the Atari Program Exchange hanging
around. I'll throw those in if they turn up, and you want them.
PCjr Pack - $25
IBM Tech Reference (in the slipcase, in "as-new" condition)
Floppy controller board (should be working: as I recall, I pulled
this to install a Tecmar add-on with better features)
Modem board (probably 1200 baud. Enough chips are socketed that
it's probably feasible to hack this into a serial card)
3 cordless keyboards
1 keyboard IR receiver module (dealer spare)
1 pack of 5 overlays for the keyboards (sealed)
First issues of "PCjr" and "Peanut" magazines
My (possibly incorrect) recollection is that one keyboard is the
original from my PCjr (little-used, because I upgraded to the
more-normal one almost immediately), one was a dealer spare that I
bought along with the receiver, and the third was a swapmeet buy.
So there should be at least two in (like-)new working condition.
C-64 Speech synthesizer cartridge - $5 each
"Voice Messenger", by Currah Technologies. I have 2 of these,
still shrinkwapped. Uses a hardware synthesizer chip (SSI263??),
and has an extension ROM that adds speech functions to the built-in
BASIC. The first buyer gets a free light pen that plugs into the
joystick port, but has no docs or software unless I get a surprise
while sorting through my old files. My recollection is that there's
a photodiode in it that generates an interrupt when the CRT beam
sweeps past it.
Fat Mac Pack - $2
(Or "Skinny Mac Pack", if that's what you've got. But that
didn't
rhyme ;-). I have a numeric keypad for the original Macs, in the
original packaging. The box looks a *bit* shelfworn, but
surprisingly good, considering its age. The most likely story is
that it's a working unit that the buyers of my early Macs didn't
want, because it's unlikely that I would have packed it and kept
it if it weren't. But I honestly don't know its real status.
Mac II Pack - $5
Nobody wanted the Mac II, so it's doomed to be recycled. But the
Enhanced keyboard and the mouse are in excellent shape, since I
used the Mac only moderately for a few years, and more-or-less
retired it when OS/2 got to the point where it would fill my GUI
needs.
Sony Laser Library - $20
Sony-proprietary-interface 1X CD-ROM drive, bundled with Compton's
Family Encyclopedia, MS Bookshelf 1991 Edition, Languages of the
World, National Geographic Mammals, Mixed-Up Mother Goose,
and a World Atlas (I've forgotten whose). There was a 1.1
update to the encyclopedia that Sony sent out due to some sort
of complaints about the 1.0, and that's included. I'll also
include a half-dozen or so caddies.
This was one of the first CD-ROM drives to get drivers for OS/2 and
Linux, so it may be of interest to someone wanting to run early
versions of those, as well as DOS fans.
I put relatively few hours on the drive before I switched my system
to all-SCSI, so it should be good for a lot more use. I'll give
you a 90-day warranty on it: if it fails, I'll refund the $20 (but
not the shipping), and you get to keep the CDs and caddies.
I might actually have the original box up in the attic (but it may
not be suitable for re-use after being there for so many years).
The docs are probably complete: I can't swear to them being
fully complete, because I don't remember what was included.