More updates.
The person interested in the 380Z seems to be pulling out. Another
person may be interested, but I am open to offers from people on the
list (and elsewhere).
It is hard to gauge prices for something this rare - I found very little
on eBay, although there was a keyboard (just the keyboard!) that sold
for £164 recently. I imagine I might make a thousand if I were to break
it up and sell the parts individually. I don't want that to happen, so
I am certainly not looking that sort of money; but I'd like to get
something for it from an enthusiast.
There are some pictures here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pdb11/albums/72177720304184790
You can see that the front panel is rather grubby (those diskette drives
may need stripping down) and there is some corrosion on the back panel,
especially around the power inlet. Otherwise it looks pretty clean.
I don't know what monitor goes with this, otherwise it is pretty
complete, too. I have quite a number of monitors whose system is
unknown, so one of them may go with this.
I have had a little interest in the Apple II stuff. I was wrong about
the systems - I have one ][ plus, TWO ][ europlus and ONE //e. Also,
the gaming paddles (six pairs!) are standard Apple ones, not related to
the prototyping boards. These systems also don't have monitors, and the
presence of UHF TV encoders among the video cards is ominous; but among
the manuals is one for a monitor I think I have, so that could go with
these. Pictures are here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pdb11/albums/72177720304213025
Again, price. Searching eBay suggests that these systems seem to sell
for between £100 and £400 a time, and I am sure that Microsoft Z80
second processor card is worth something; so I'm looking for offers that
take that into account.
I am getting the most interest in the IBM S/23 Datamaster. I am in
negotiations with a couple of people; I may post some pictures of that
too before long.
And finally, the D-SCAN video printer. Some pics here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pdb11/albums/72177720304217250
I also have a spare roll of colour transfer film for it. Nonetheless, I
fear that one is going to end up in the skip.
Philip.
