Re: Astounding Asking Price
Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote: > >It looks nice externally, and it has the pedestal, which is nice, but the > >seller has not even give the spec or posted pics of the innards and it is > >"untested". At that price I would expect a bit more information.. > > Instant alarm bells to me are a seller posting a London address but the > item is 'for pickup only in Budapest, Hungary' > I'm pretty sure there is nothing wrong with them, I (as a german) have only positive experiences with people from Hungary. Hungary is EU like Germany and UK is still EU.. that makes it possible to buy and sell w/o any customs, only the shipping costs may be higher. You can place your stuff in the best market you think..that's all. Regards, Holm -- Technik Service u. Handel Tiffe, www.tsht.de, Holm Tiffe, Freiberger Straße 42, 09600 Oberschöna, USt-Id: DE253710583 i...@tsht.de Fax +49 3731 74200 Tel +49 3731 74222 Mobil: 0172 8790 741
RE: Astounding Asking Price
On Wed, 24 Oct 2018, Rob Jarratt via cctalk wrote: > > Instant alarm bells to me are a seller posting a London address but the > > item is > > 'for pickup only in Budapest, Hungary' > > Yes I noticed that too. Very odd, and £750 to ship to the UK!! They just chose to pay taxes in the UK and/or to fall under the UK jurisdiction, which is one of the benefits of the single EU market for businesses. It's not uncommon and there are various reasons to do that, generally to lower the cost and/or the risk of running a business. It's just like many US companies are registered in the state of Delaware even though they really run their business elsewhere. If you look through their store, you'll find other items whose price and postage are both reasonable, so it just could be an oddball case of getting the asking price wrong. I guess you can always ask them if they really mean it. Also it starts getting tricky to ship individual items abroad from/to many places once you get above 20kg (~44lbs), and they say it (indirectly) in the description, stating that they'll use your carrier of choice. FWIW, Maciej
RE: Astounding Asking Price
Sadly this is on the wrong side of the pond. I would like to repair the one I have in any case. In fact, while I think I know the pinout of the F11 chips from a KDF11-A printset, can anyone confirm that pin 23 of the DIL package is the RESET signal? If that is correct then it is oscillating and resetting the machine constantly. I am trying to trace the source, but it seems to go through quite a few chips and I haven’t yet traced its source. Regards Rob From: Warner Losh [mailto:i...@bsdimp.com] Sent: 24 October 2018 21:23 To: r...@jarratt.me.uk; Rob Jarratt ; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Astounding Asking Price On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 2:20 PM Warner Losh mailto:i...@bsdimp.com> > wrote: On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 9:53 AM Rob Jarratt via cctalk mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: My jaw dropped when I saw this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/223201002247?ul_noapp=true It looks nice externally, and it has the pedestal, which is nice, but the seller has not even give the spec or posted pics of the innards and it is "untested". At that price I would expect a bit more information.. As it happens, I am trying to fix my 350 at the moment. Untested Pro 350's are like US$150-US$250 range on ebay typically. https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-DIGITAL-EQUIPMENT-CORP-DEC-RAINBOW-PC350-I-COMPUTER-FLOPPY-DISK/332562279306?epid=583415379 <https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-DIGITAL-EQUIPMENT-CORP-DEC-RAINBOW-PC350-I-COMPUTER-FLOPPY-DISK/332562279306?epid=583415379&hash=item4d6e41ab8a:g:qR0AAOSw9NBafMjq:sc:FedExHomeDelivery!80602!US!-1:rk:1:pf:1&frcectupt=true> &hash=item4d6e41ab8a:g:qR0AAOSw9NBafMjq:sc:FedExHomeDelivery!80602!US!-1:rk:1:pf:1&frcectupt=true OK, not really a Rainbow, but that's the term to search for if you want to buy one cheap. This one is $99. Warner
Re: Astounding Asking Price
On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 2:20 PM Warner Losh wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 9:53 AM Rob Jarratt via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> My jaw dropped when I saw this: >> https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/223201002247?ul_noapp=true >> >> >> >> It looks nice externally, and it has the pedestal, which is nice, but the >> seller has not even give the spec or posted pics of the innards and it is >> "untested". At that price I would expect a bit more information.. >> >> >> >> As it happens, I am trying to fix my 350 at the moment. >> > > Untested Pro 350's are like US$150-US$250 range on ebay typically. > https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-DIGITAL-EQUIPMENT-CORP-DEC-RAINBOW-PC350-I-COMPUTER-FLOPPY-DISK/332562279306?epid=583415379&hash=item4d6e41ab8a:g:qR0AAOSw9NBafMjq:sc:FedExHomeDelivery!80602!US!-1:rk:1:pf:1&frcectupt=true OK, not really a Rainbow, but that's the term to search for if you want to buy one cheap. This one is $99. Warner
Re: Astounding Asking Price
On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 9:53 AM Rob Jarratt via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > My jaw dropped when I saw this: > https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/223201002247?ul_noapp=true > > > > It looks nice externally, and it has the pedestal, which is nice, but the > seller has not even give the spec or posted pics of the innards and it is > "untested". At that price I would expect a bit more information.. > > > > As it happens, I am trying to fix my 350 at the moment. > Untested Pro 350's are like US$150-US$250 range on ebay typically. Warner
Re: Astounding Asking Price
> On Oct 24, 2018, at 11:53 AM, Rob Jarratt via cctalk > wrote: > > My jaw dropped when I saw this: > https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/223201002247?ul_noapp=true > > It looks nice externally, and it has the pedestal, which is nice, but the > seller has not even give the spec or posted pics of the innards and it is > "untested". At that price I would expect a bit more information.. That's about the list price of that machine when it was new. For today, it makes no sense at all. paul
RE: Astounding Asking Price
> -Original Message- > From: Adrian Graham [mailto:binarydinosa...@gmail.com] > Sent: 24 October 2018 17:00 > To: r...@jarratt.me.uk; Jarratt RMA ; General > Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > Subject: Re: Astounding Asking Price > > >It looks nice externally, and it has the pedestal, which is nice, but the > >seller has not even give the spec or posted pics of the innards and it is > >"untested". At that price I would expect a bit more information.. > > Instant alarm bells to me are a seller posting a London address but the item > is > 'for pickup only in Budapest, Hungary' > Yes I noticed that too. Very odd, and £750 to ship to the UK!! > -- > adrian/witchy > Owner of Binary Dinosaurs, the UK's biggest home computer collection? > t: @binarydinosaursf: facebook.com/binarydinosaurs > w: www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk > > > On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 at 16:53, Rob Jarratt via cctalk > wrote: > My jaw dropped when I saw this: > https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/223201002247?ul_noapp=true > > > > It looks nice externally, and it has the pedestal, which is nice, but the > seller has not even give the spec or posted pics of the innards and it is > "untested". At that price I would expect a bit more information.. > > > > As it happens, I am trying to fix my 350 at the moment. > > > > Regards > > > > Rob
Re: Astounding Asking Price
On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 10:53 AM Rob Jarratt via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > My jaw dropped when I saw this: > https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/223201002247?ul_noapp=true > > > > It looks nice externally, and it has the pedestal, which is nice, but the > seller has not even give the spec or posted pics of the innards and it is > "untested". At that price I would expect a bit more information.. > > > > As it happens, I am trying to fix my 350 at the moment. > > > Would it make you feel bad if I told you I threw away a perfectly good 350 with the pedestal as pictured in the early 90s? ;)
Re: Astounding Asking Price
>It looks nice externally, and it has the pedestal, which is nice, but the >seller has not even give the spec or posted pics of the innards and it is >"untested". At that price I would expect a bit more information.. Instant alarm bells to me are a seller posting a London address but the item is 'for pickup only in Budapest, Hungary' -- adrian/witchy Owner of Binary Dinosaurs, the UK's biggest home computer collection? t: @binarydinosaursf: facebook.com/binarydinosaurs w: www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 at 16:53, Rob Jarratt via cctalk wrote: > My jaw dropped when I saw this: > https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/223201002247?ul_noapp=true > > > > It looks nice externally, and it has the pedestal, which is nice, but the > seller has not even give the spec or posted pics of the innards and it is > "untested". At that price I would expect a bit more information.. > > > > As it happens, I am trying to fix my 350 at the moment. > > > > Regards > > > > Rob > >
Astounding Asking Price
My jaw dropped when I saw this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/223201002247?ul_noapp=true It looks nice externally, and it has the pedestal, which is nice, but the seller has not even give the spec or posted pics of the innards and it is "untested". At that price I would expect a bit more information.. As it happens, I am trying to fix my 350 at the moment. Regards Rob
