9 Apr
2003
9 Apr
'03
2:16 p.m.
To me it looks like just another TRS-80 model 4, with some common
software. Which, to me, means that it's worth quite a bit less than
what it's going for:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3411037612&categ…
(For those non-web-inclined, it's at $510 with 3.7 hrs left)
Is this just a fluke, or have these things gone up a lot in value since I
last looked at them? My guess, is of course, 'just eBay prices,' but even
on eBay, I rarely see pricing *that far* off what I'd expect.
Pat
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9 Apr
9 Apr
4:46 p.m.
On Wed, 9 Apr 2003, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
To me it looks like just another TRS-80 model 4, with
some common
software. Which, to me, means that it's worth quite a bit less than
what it's going for:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3411037612&categ…
(For those non-web-inclined, it's at $510 with 3.7 hrs left)
Is this just a fluke, or have these things gone up a lot in value since I
last looked at them? My guess, is of course, 'just eBay prices,' but even
on eBay, I rarely see pricing *that far* off what I'd expect.
I once sold a common Apple /// for $510. I think sometimes it's just a
matter of being in the right place at the right time.
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10 Apr
10 Apr
7:20 a.m.
> To me it looks like just another TRS-80 model 4,
with some common
> software. Which, to me, means that it's worth quite a bit less than
> what it's going for:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3411037612&categ…
> (For those non-web-inclined, it's at $510 with 3.7 hrs left)
> Is this just a fluke, or have these things gone
up a lot in value since I
> last looked at them? My guess, is of course, 'just eBay prices,' but even
> on eBay, I rarely see pricing *that far* off what I'd expect.
I once sold a common Apple /// for $510. I think
sometimes it's just a
matter of being in the right place at the right time.
Well, there's a saying:
'Every day one idiot gets up, all you have to do
(to be successful) is to find him'....
looks like your apple /// and this TRS M4 whent to
the respective one on each day... The biding of this
computernews80 guy was AFAICT reasonable.
Gruss
H.
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9 Apr
9 Apr
6:45 p.m.
on 4/9/03 6:19 PM, Patrick Finnegan at pat(a)purdueriots.com wrote:
To me it looks like just another TRS-80 model 4, with
some common
software. Which, to me, means that it's worth quite a bit less than
what it's going for:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3411037612&categ…
(For those non-web-inclined, it's at $510 with 3.7 hrs left)
Whoa. I have a TRS-80 Model 4 and more software than the one on eBay comes
with. And mine's a NGA, white screen, 128K version, too, with a 15MB Tandy
hard disk unit and everything. I spent maybe $100-$150 accumulating my
system.
BTW - If anyone happens to have a non-gate-array Model 4 keyboard (not the
one with clustered arrow keys, that's gate-array) I would like to get a
replacement for my keyboard which is damaged.
Also - if anyone has a Model 6000 keyboard... I could use one of those too.
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Owen Robertson
10 Apr
10 Apr
8:43 a.m.
On Wednesday, April 9, 2003, Owen Robertson wrote:
Whoa. I have a TRS-80 Model 4 and more software than
the one on eBay comes
with. And mine's a NGA, white screen, 128K version, too, with a 15MB Tandy
hard disk unit and everything. I spent maybe $100-$150 accumulating my
system.
You remember that M4 we picked up downtown in Ft. Worth for ~$10? That's
the most I've ever paid for a TRS-80.
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Jeffrey Sharp
11:37 a.m.
on 4/10/03 12:43 PM, Jeffrey Sharp at jss(a)subatomix.com wrote:
On Wednesday, April 9, 2003, Owen Robertson wrote:
Yeah, I remember. I think those were from a local school district. A friend
of mine's mother used to work at the local elementary school, and she had
Model IIIs in her classroom with a Network 3 controller. A few years later
the school gave her "new" computers that were supposed to be much more
powerful. They were PCjrs. Frankly, I would have stuck with the Model IIIs.
I've never been back to that place. Maybe we should go back sometime and see
if they have anything.
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Owen Robertson
Whoa. I have a TRS-80 Model 4 and more software
than the one on eBay comes
with. And mine's a NGA, white screen, 128K version, too, with a 15MB Tandy
hard disk unit and everything. I spent maybe $100-$150 accumulating my
system.
You remember that M4 we picked up downtown in Ft. Worth for ~$10? That's
the most I've ever paid for a TRS-80. 
4:33 a.m.
Hey, speaking of TRS-80 madness... I've always had it and I'm still
looking for those rare pieces to add to my model 1, and coco3 systems like
a voxbox, huh-8100, that digital i/o board (a tar/80???) and a ide/scsi card
for the coco... Anyone with any of thiis and other cool gear wanna trade
stuff for stuff?
Cheers
- Mike: dogas(a)bellsouth.net
5:11 a.m.
Mike,
I don't have any TRS stuff except one 6000 and the model 4. You got everything else
:-/ That early model I and the Holmes stuff would probably bring a GOOD price on E-bay. I
do have some interesting Amiga cards. BTW can you make a copy of some of your model 4 SW
for me? I could download it but I'm too lazy :-) BTW there's a hamfest in
Gainsvile the weekend after Easter. It's small and probably not worth attending.
Joe
At 09:22 AM 4/10/03 -0400, you wrote:
Hey, speaking of TRS-80 madness... I've always had
it and I'm still
looking for those rare pieces to add to my model 1, and coco3 systems like
a voxbox, huh-8100, that digital i/o board (a tar/80???) and a ide/scsi card
for the coco... Anyone with any of thiis and other cool gear wanna trade
stuff for stuff?
Cheers
- Mike: dogas(a)bellsouth.net
5:55 a.m.
Mike,
I don't have any TRS stuff except one 6000 and the model 4. You got
everything else :-/ That early model I and the Holmes stuff would probably
bring a GOOD price on E-bay. I do have some interesting
Nope, private stash and toys. That Holmes interface is sweet. I also have
a LNW ei bareboard and a MDX II ei (nice as the Holmes) along with the
normal RS one too or a few..
Amiga cards. BTW can you make a copy of some of your model 4 SW for me? I
could download it but I'm too lazy :-)
ok...
BTW there's a hamfest in Gainsvile the weekend after Easter. It's small and
probably not worth attending.
Well, I don't think the car will make it that far, but, ok.
;)
- Mike
Joe
At 09:22 AM 4/10/03 -0400, you wrote:
>Hey, speaking of TRS-80 madness... I've always had it and I'm still
>looking for those rare pieces to add to my model 1, and coco3 systems
like
>a voxbox, huh-8100, that digital i/o board (a
tar/80???) and a ide/scsi
card
>for the coco... Anyone with any of thiis and
other cool gear wanna
trade
>stuff for stuff?
>
>Cheers
>- Mike: dogas(a)bellsouth.net
5:24 a.m.
Hi !
Hey, speaking of TRS-80 madness... I've always
had it and I'm still
looking for those rare pieces to add to my model 1, and coco3 systems
like
a voxbox, huh-8100, that digital i/o board (a
tar/80???) and a ide/scsi
card
for the coco... Anyone with any of thiis and other
cool gear wanna trade
stuff for stuff?
I approach the occasion... Someone know about one Tandy system with Xenix
installed ? I saw some of these in eBay months ago and I should like to get
one some day.
Thanks and Greetings
Best Regards
Sergio
5:52 a.m.
On Thu, Apr 10, 2003 at 04:21:33PM +0200, SPC wrote:
I approach the occasion... Someone know about one Tandy system with Xenix
installed ? I saw some of these in eBay months ago and I should like to get
one some day.
Back in the early part of the last decade I had a Tandy 6000 that had
Microsoft Xenix installed on an external 20Meg Harddrive. It also had
two eight inch floppies. It was larger than a normal PC, but smaller
than a rack mount system. I also had several Tandy terminals to go with
it. These looked like the 6K, but had no "brains" in them.
Alas, the Tandy 6K is another one of those machines I wish I had never
gotten rid of, along with the IMSAI 8008 I sold for 50 bucks back in the
mid eighties.
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6:04 a.m.
At 04:21 PM 4/10/03 +0200, you wrote:
Hi !
Sounds like a Tandy 6000. I have one but Mike got all my manuals :-/ The 6000 has both
a 68000 and a Z-80 CPU and runs XENIX or CPM. Mine is a 6000HD and has an internal hard
drive and an 8" floppy drive. They were multi-user systems and definitely a notch
above the usual TRS stuff.
Joe
I saw some of these in eBay months ago and I should like to get
Hey, speaking of TRS-80 madness... I've
always had it and I'm still
looking for those rare pieces to add to my model 1, and coco3 systems
like
a voxbox, huh-8100, that digital i/o board (a
tar/80???) and a ide/scsi
card
for the coco... Anyone with any of thiis and
other cool gear wanna trade
stuff for stuff?
I approach the occasion... Someone know about one Tandy system with Xenix
installed ? one some day.
Thanks and Greetings
Best Regards
Sergio
11 Apr
11 Apr
1:42 p.m.
On 10 Apr 2003, , Joe wrote:
The TRS model II could also run Xenix with a 68000 card.
Lawrence
lgwalker@ mts.net
I approach the
occasion... Someone know about one Tandy
system with Xenix installed ?
Sounds like a Tandy 6000. I have one but Mike got all my
manuals :-/ The 6000 has both a 68000 and a Z-80 CPU and
runs XENIX or CPM. Mine is a 6000HD and has an internal
hard drive and an 8" floppy drive. They were multi-user
systems and definitely a notch above the usual TRS stuff.
Joe
10 Apr
10 Apr
6:14 a.m.
From: SPC <spedraja(a)ono.com>
I approach the occasion... Someone know about one
Tandy system with Xenix
installed ? I saw some of these in eBay months ago and I should like to
get
one some day.
I have a few 16 and 6000 crates. The 16 I played with last was having a
failure to (visually) communicate even though the raster was there. I
pulled the cards and didnt see anything obvious and the cards reseat didn't
help so the junk factor is a little higher, but hey, one of (or with parts
of one of) the others might...
I had a few extra 6000 keyboards, Owen, but some dude in Canada has borrowed
them for a data rescue and I haven't seen them back yet.
-
Thanks and Greetings
Best Regards
Sergio
6:19 a.m.
On Thu, 10 Apr 2003, SPC wrote:
I approach the occasion... Someone know about one
Tandy system with Xenix
installed ? I saw some of these in eBay months ago and I should like to get
one some day.
I have a Tandy 6000 (or it might be a Model 12 or something) that runs
Xenix (boots from floppy but I believe it may also be installed to a
hard drive).
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11 Apr
11 Apr
1:42 p.m.
On 10 Apr 2003, , Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
On Thu, 10 Apr 2003, SPC wrote:
My model II was a donation that came with Xenix on
8" floppy as well as 3 of the huge TRS 5 meg HDs.
Never did get the cabling for the drives so I still don't
know what's on there. On my ever-expanding to-do list.
Lawrence
lgwalker@ mts.net
I approach the occasion... Someone know about one
Tandy
system with Xenix installed ? I saw some of these in eBay
months ago and I should like to get one some day.
I have a Tandy 6000 (or it might be a Model 12 or something)
that runs Xenix (boots from floppy but I believe it may also
be installed to a hard drive).
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Festival 
10 Apr
10 Apr
6:41 a.m.
Rumor has it that Mike may have mentioned these words:
Hey, speaking of TRS-80 madness... I've always had
it and I'm still
looking for those rare pieces to add to my model 1, and coco3 systems like
a voxbox, huh-8100, that digital i/o board (a tar/80???) and a ide/scsi card
for the coco... Anyone with any of thiis and other cool gear wanna trade
stuff for stuff?
If you don't mind trading for $$$, go here:
http://www.cloud9tech.com/
Lotsa CoCo stuff, that the guy's still making! (New stuff, too!) He has a
SCSI CD-ROM kit now! :-O
hmmm.... Hopefully I'll have a little cash left over from job #2...
;-)
HTH,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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