2 Apr
2014
2 Apr
'14
10:36 a.m.
Greetings
Living Computer Museum is looking to purchase unbuilt or partially built kit computers,
such as Heathkit/Zenith and other brands.
We are also looking to purchase examples of home-built S-100, Z-80, 8086, and similar
hobbyist-style computers.
Thanks for thinking of us!
Cynde
Cynde Moya, MLIS, PhD
Librarian/Archivist
Living Computer Museum
http://www.livingcomputermuseum.org
Vulcan Inc.
206-342-2385
2 Apr
2 Apr
9:52 p.m.
On Wed, 2 Apr 2014, Cynde Moya wrote:
Greetings
Living Computer Museum is looking to purchase unbuilt or partially built
kit computers, such as Heathkit/Zenith and other brands.
We are also looking to purchase examples of home-built S-100, Z-80,
8086, and similar hobbyist-style computers.
Would a P112 kit work?
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
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3 Apr
3 Apr
1:52 p.m.
Hi David
The P112 sounds great! Is it one of the kits you made later on? It has a great story on
Wikipedia. Are you still selling them? I wonder if we could get a few and use it as a
teaching tool. But first I need something, unbuilt, to be part of our new homebrew
exhibit.
Thanks!
Cynde
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Subject: Re: Needed : Unbuilt kit computers, homebuilt computers
On Wed, 2 Apr 2014, Cynde Moya wrote:
Greetings
Living Computer Museum is looking to purchase unbuilt or partially
built kit computers, such as Heathkit/Zenith and other brands.
We are also looking to purchase examples of home-built S-100, Z-80,
8086, and similar hobbyist-style computers.
Would a P112 kit work?
--
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?
4 Apr
4 Apr
2:16 a.m.
On Thu, 3 Apr 2014, Cynde Moya wrote:
>> Living Computer Museum is looking to purchase
unbuilt or partially
>> built kit computers, such as Heathkit/Zenith and other brands.
>>
>> We are also looking to purchase examples of home-built S-100, Z-80,
>> 8086, and similar hobbyist-style computers.
>
> Would a P112 kit work?
Hi David
The P112 sounds great! Is it one of the kits you made later on? It has a
great story on Wikipedia. Are you still selling them? I wonder if we
could get a few and use it as a teaching tool. But first I need
something, unbuilt, to be part of our new homebrew exhibit.
I've done two runs of boards since 2004. The latest run was made in
early 2013. I have approximately 80 of them left from the 150 I had made.
Unfortunately, I don't have any more parts bags due to being short on
spare cash and between jobs.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
4:04 p.m.
On 04/04/2014 02:16 AM, David Griffith wrote:
On Thu, 3 Apr 2014, Cynde Moya wrote:
David,
What is the status of the P112 last run? I may finally be able to buy
one to play with.
Note: can take it as a "pile of parts" assuming all the critical semis
are there. Things
like caps and connectors are not usually an issue for me. I do a lot of
ground up
builds as protos in the embedded industry.
Allison
>> Living Computer Museum is looking to
purchase unbuilt or partially
>> built kit computers, such as Heathkit/Zenith and other brands.
>>
>> We are also looking to purchase examples of home-built S-100, Z-80,
>> 8086, and similar hobbyist-style computers.
>
> Would a P112 kit work?
Hi David
The P112 sounds great! Is it one of the kits you made later on? It
has a great story on Wikipedia. Are you still selling them? I wonder
if we could get a few and use it as a teaching tool. But first I need
something, unbuilt, to be part of our new homebrew exhibit.
I've done two runs of boards since 2004. The latest run was made in
early 2013. I have approximately 80 of them left from the 150 I had
made. Unfortunately, I don't have any more parts bags due to being
short on spare cash and between jobs.
4:59 p.m.
On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 9:36 AM, Cynde Moya
<CyndeM at livingcomputermuseum.org> wrote:
Greetings
Living Computer Museum is looking to purchase unbuilt or partially built kit computers,
such as Heathkit/Zenith and other brands.
We are also looking to purchase examples of home-built S-100, Z-80, 8086, and similar
hobbyist-style computers.
Thanks for thinking of us!
you might want to ask this fellow if he has any zx81 kits left. i
bought two from him a couple years ago:
http://www.zebrasystems.com/z/index.php/timexsinclair/zx81-kit-story
5 Apr
5 Apr
10:28 a.m.
On Fri, Apr 04, 2014 at 03:59:10PM -0500, A. P. Garcia wrote:
[...]
you might want to ask this fellow if he has any zx81
kits left. i
bought two from him a couple years ago:
http://www.zebrasystems.com/z/index.php/timexsinclair/zx81-kit-story
Rather pleasingly, the original ?49.95 kit price in 1981 is equivalent to about
$270 now. So although the $240 asking price seems steep, they're more or less
the same price as they were.
2:11 p.m.
I was going to recommend that kit also but couldn't find any active sales link plus
the price went up quite a bit. They used to be $99 although I suppose that could have been
quite a few years ago now.
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On Apr 5, 2014, at 9:28 AM, Peter Corlett <abuse at
cabal.org.uk> wrote:
On Fri, Apr 04, 2014 at 03:59:10PM -0500, A. P.
Garcia wrote:
[...]
you might want to ask this fellow if he has any zx81 kits left. i
bought two from him a couple years ago:
http://www.zebrasystems.com/z/index.php/timexsinclair/zx81-kit-story
Rather pleasingly, the original ?49.95 kit price in 1981 is equivalent to about
$270 now. So although the $240 asking price seems steep, they're more or less
the same price as they were.
2:48 p.m.
On Sat, Apr 05, 2014 at 01:11:40PM -0500, Sam Onella wrote:
I was going to recommend that kit also but
couldn't find any active sales
link plus the price went up quite a bit. They used to be $99 although I
suppose that could have been quite a few years ago now.
From the sidebar: "We are currently selling the
ZX81 Kit with everything you
see pictured in this column on ebay for $240.00 plus
shipping. Use this link or
search ebay for "Original Sinclair ZX81 Computer Kit". Our ebay seller account
"zebranyc" has a 100% Positive Feedback Rating and a count over 700."
... however they don't seem to have any listed on eBay right now. Add that user
ID to your watch/search list if you're interested.
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