On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Hans Franke wrote: Hans, I don't know about you wacky Germans, but any American paying USD$30-70 for a TI-99/4a in ANY condition would be a fool and a half. Maybe if it was gold plated, or the President used it to fondle an intern, then maybe. But I just passed up on two TI-99/4a's in the box without even a second thought. New, unused, original packaging and never opened with no damage to the box is not hard to find (ok, except for "never opened", but still). Maybe USD$10-$25. I just paid $90 for future reference. A bit more than I wanted to pay but then how many 99/4's does one come across? In my experience of collecting for many years, the answer is not many at all. Repeat same discussion as above. You can buy new ZX-81's from that zebra website for US$29 or whatever it is. That's the ultimate price indicator. Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don't rub the lamp if you don't want the genie to come out. Coming this October 2-3: Vintage Computer Festival 3.0! See http://www.vintage.org/vcf for details! [Last web site update: 05/25/99]

sounds like my investment in Timex was ok after all, I purchased several of them from K-mart at closeout a few years back. Cost then was $25 each and they have never been out of the boxes.