Xerox Alto on eBay

[Ian S. King]

On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 7:52 PM, jwsmobile <jws at jwsss.com> wrote:

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> On 4/13/2016 6:18 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
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>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/XEROX-ALTO-II-XM-SYSTEM-COMPLETE-MONITOR-KEYBOARD-MOUSE-DISKS-CASE/282003972041
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>> didn't sell for $40000, so now it's $40005
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>> trying to decide if I should report him for this message I got from him.
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>> New message from: paperonebonaparte (964Purple Star)
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>> photos in internet. please send email for private business and offers.
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>> Nick Allen says this was sold to an individual and was to go to an
> Italian museum of some sort, but the deal must have fallen thru. Price is a
> bit steep for a non working unit.
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> Side discussion on Facebook says that media is rare too.  None with the
> system (I think) from the discussion there.
> thanks
> Jim
>


This looks screwy.  Why not offer photos of the unit you get?  Why is the
Diablo missing from the cabinet?

Media/software is available around and about, FYI.  The media is a pretty
standard RK05 cartridge (12 sector).

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