28 Sep
2004
28 Sep
'04
5:44 p.m.
Hi
I was watching the auction of the Poly88 on ebay.
I was astounded that the orange toaster went for
1358USD. I do hope that the person that is buying
it realizes that the boards inside are not the orginal
Polymorphic boards. Still, it is a nice looking
box but that is a little high priced for a power supply
and motherboard.
Dwight
28 Sep
28 Sep
10:02 p.m.
On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Dwight K. Elvey wrote:
I was watching the auction of the Poly88 on ebay. I
was astounded that
the orange toaster went for 1358USD. I do hope that the person that is
buying it realizes that the boards inside are not the orginal
Polymorphic boards. Still, it is a nice looking box but that is a little
high priced for a power supply and motherboard.
You're telling me.
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29 Sep
29 Sep
9:37 a.m.
Hi
I was watching the auction of the Poly88 on ebay.
I was astounded that the orange toaster went for
1358USD. I do hope that the person that is buying
it realizes that the boards inside are not the orginal
Polymorphic boards. Still, it is a nice looking
box but that is a little high priced for a power supply
and motherboard.
Dwight
I had that machine on my watch list and it was sniped by some over-eager
beavers. . .
Hell, I paid only a little more than that for my Kenbak-1! eBay is crazy
I tell ya.
Erik Klein
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The Vintage Computer Forum
30 Sep
30 Sep
8:42 a.m.
--- classiccmp(a)vintage-computer.com wrote:
I had that machine on my watch list and it was
sniped by some over-eager
beavers. . .
Hell, I paid only a little more than that for my
Kenbak-1! eBay is crazy
I tell ya.
Great ad copy, didn't this guy sell an Altair several
months ago for $7000 and all the Altairs before and
after sold for around 1-2K.
Couldn't find your Kenbak-1 on your web site.
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9:18 a.m.
New subject: Kenbak-1 Was: Poly88 on ebay
Great ad copy, didn't this guy sell an Altair
several
months ago for $7000 and all the Altairs before and
after sold for around 1-2K.
Obviously salesmanship does count for a lot on eBay! I've tracked Altair
sales for a couple of years now, though, and the one thing I can predict
is that you can't predict the prices those will get. . . 2-3K seems to be
the nominal range, but I've seen several go higher for no apparent reason!
Couldn't find your Kenbak-1 on your web site.
Try again now. I'm a bit behind on website updates (a chronic condition,
I think) but this machine merited a quick page, at least.
I just uploaded it.
Erik Klein
www.vintage-computer.com
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2:08 p.m.
New subject: Kenbak-1 Was: Poly88 on ebay
--- classiccmp(a)vintage-computer.com wrote:
Ah, very nice, them Kenbak's are rare indeed! I always
wanted a TTL based computer, I'm thinking about
building the Educ-8, http://www.ljw.me.uk/educ8/ , a
similar TTL based machine described in an electronics
australia article in 1975. Amazingly, they still sell
the boards for it, or at least in theory they do, I've
been trying to obtain boards for many months here
http://www.cia.com.au/rcsradio/index1.htm
but they refuse my money (too busy).
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Couldn't
find your Kenbak-1 on your web site.
Try again now. I'm a bit behind on website updates
(a chronic condition,
I think) but this machine merited a quick page, at
least.
I just uploaded it.
6:18 p.m.
New subject: Kenbak-1 Was: Poly88 on ebay
On Thursday 30 September 2004 19:08, steve wrote:
--- classiccmp(a)vintage-computer.com wrote:
Ah, very nice, them Kenbak's are rare indeed! I
always
wanted a TTL based computer, I'm thinking about
building the Educ-8, http://www.ljw.me.uk/educ8/ , a
I have trouble getting this page to load.
similar TTL based machine described in an electronics
australia article in 1975. Amazingly, they still sell
the boards for it, or at least in theory they do, I've
been trying to obtain boards for many months here
http://www.cia.com.au/rcsradio/index1.htm
but they refuse my money (too busy).
the Mark-8 kits are listed on E-bay again starting at $299
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5127570620
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1:02 p.m.
New subject: Shameless self promotion... was Poly88 on ebay
Hell, I paid only a little more than that for my
Kenbak-1! eBay is crazy
I tell ya.
I wish it were a little more crazy! I have listed one of my systems to
help raise the money I need to attend the VCF this year, but with less
than one day to go, it is looking bleak for the digital group. (Here
comes the plug:) See my auction at:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5125435200
Admittedly, the starting bid is higher than the eBay norm, but this is
the first time a working dg system has appeared on eBay in over five
years, and is only the seventh to ever sell there. The digital group
contributed many firsts to the world of personal computing...
I may be whacked in the head, but what did the Poly 88 innovate other
than cuteness? Or maybe that doesn't matter because it is has an s-100 buss?
-disgruntled seller
1:42 p.m.
New subject: Shameless self promotion... was Poly88 on ebay
On Thu, 30 Sep 2004, Bryan Blackburn wrote:
I wish it were a little more crazy! I have listed one
of my systems to
help raise the money I need to attend the VCF this year, but with less
than one day to go, it is looking bleak for the digital group. (Here
comes the plug:) See my auction at:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5125435200
Admittedly, the starting bid is higher than the eBay norm, but this is
the first time a working dg system has appeared on eBay in over five
years, and is only the seventh to ever sell there. The digital group
contributed many firsts to the world of personal computing...
I may be whacked in the head, but what did the Poly 88 innovate other
than cuteness? Or maybe that doesn't matter because it is has an s-100 buss?
And if you buy this you can bring it to VCF 7.0 and have it signed by Dr.
Robert Suding, the designer of this machine and co-founder of the digital
group!
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2:11 p.m.
New subject: Shameless self pro (SANYO MONITOR)
I have a question about the sanyo monitor in that picture. For nostalgic
reasons to recreate a particular system from my past, I am looking for that
exact model of sanyo monitor. However, I have no idea what model number that
is. I see the auction lists it as a Sanyo MON-9, but I assume that is a
digitalgroup designation.
Would anyone know exactly what the sanyo model number for that particular
monitor in the picture is? Or better yet have one for trade :)
Thanks
Jay West
6:51 p.m.
New subject: Shameless self pro (SANYO MONITOR)
reasons to recreate a particular system from my past,
I am looking for
that exact model of sanyo monitor. However, I have no idea what model
number that is. I see the auction lists it as a Sanyo MON-9, but I
assume that is a digitalgroup designation.
MON-9 is the dg number.
Would anyone know exactly what the sanyo model number
for that
particular monitor in the picture is? Or better yet have one for trade :)
My documentation says VM4209.
-Bryan
2:19 p.m.
New subject: Shameless self promotion... was Poly88 on ebay
And if you buy this you can bring it to VCF 7.0 and
have it signed by Dr.
Robert Suding, the designer of this machine and co-founder of the digital
group!
Or better yet, buy it and have Bryan lug it to the VCF for you to collect
and get signed! :)
I wish I could, but I just spent the last of my hobby tolerance capital
for the year. . .
Erik Klein
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