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Re: New SAM!

Thomas Harte
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:33:10 -0700

Hmm, well I didn't win. But that's not surprising.

Faintly nostalgia-ish question: if I got my Sam from MGT (I think),
the Christmas immediately after the price for a machine with a floppy
drive dropped to £200, what year is that likely to have been? I'm
guessing 1991 or 1992...

On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 12:19 PM, Gavin Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The TV screenshot is a crap pic - the overlay on the SAM test screen is from
> the TV itself (for adjusting colour etc).
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> On 18 Jun 2008, at 12:09 PM, Leszek Chmielewski wrote:
>
>> That's a bit bad, unfortunally it is not possible to edit (at least one
>> day before auctions end), a eBay fault! There will be no second time for you
>> to try, unless you stop the auction, but I would write something like "SAM
>> Coupé (SAM Coupe)". I myself have two SAM Coupé so no need for it at moment,
>> I just need a new drive, but this SAM  does not have one, right? The current
>> price is okay for a new SAM, so if I didn't had purchased a car this month,
>> it would be a nice buy, even for a higher price and without drive. The TV
>> Screenshoot looks a bit strange (cannot zoom it), maybe bacause it was the
>> first ROM version?
>>
>> LCD
>>
>> Gavin Smith schrieb:
>>>
>>> Erm, in my infinite intelligence and perfectionism, I listed the new SAM
>>> as a "SAM Coupé". This means that if you search for "SAM Coupe" you won't
>>> find it. DOH! It ends today (Weds) at lunchtime for anyone interested - I
>>> say this just in case someone searched for "SAM Coupe" and couldn't find it.
>>> No more spam, promise ;)
>>>
>>> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220245979532
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 13 Jun 2008, at 2:17 PM, Thomas Harte wrote:
>>>
>>>> That's quite a find. But one thing, the auction says:
>>>>
>>>> "One of my pics shows the power supply without the plug and if you
>>>> look closely you can see that the wires are tied up and completely
>>>> unused.", and:
>>>> "I have uploaded pictures of the test that I carried out."
>>>>
>>>> But the listing only seems to have one picture (the Sam in blue
>>>> wrapping) and no obvious links to other photos. But maybe I'm being a
>>>> dunce?
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Gavin Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I've a brand new SAM on eBay at the moment! It was won in a CVG
>>>>> magazine
>>>>> competition many years ago and stored in a cupboard all these years.
>>>>> Check
>>>>> it out if you're interested:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220245979532
>>>>>
>>>>> Gavin
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
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