Re: Ebay listings from potomacstore

2017-12-06 Thread Pete Lancashire via cctalk
I would photocopy them within a few days of them. The paper was still available into the late 80's but the Hunt brothers with the Silver scam pretty much killed it. If you kept the printouts in a binder/drawer they would last quite a long time. I think I still have some. The 2nd generation Tek

Re: Ebay listings from potomacstore

2017-12-06 Thread Pete Lancashire via cctalk
___ From: cctalk <cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org> on behalf of systems_glitch via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Sent: Saturday, December 2, 2017 7:36 AM To: Mattis Lind; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Ebay listings from potomacstore I know a few

Re: Ebay listings from potomacstore

2017-12-06 Thread Pete Lancashire via cctalk
I bought my Teletype 37 from them. It was shown as in pretty bad shape and AS-IS. When I showed them a few pictures of the insides where parts had been stripped, just to say maybe a few more pictures would have been helpful. They send me a partial refund. I didn't even ask for it. My biggest

Re: Ebay listings from potomacstore

2017-12-02 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 12/02/2017 08:08 PM, Randy Dawson via cctalk wrote: I considered the Tektronix 4051 hardcopy unit, but my search turned up zilch for the paper (3M Dry Silver type) Price is right, the printer looks great, but no source for the paper that I can find. Oh, man! That stuff hasn't been

Re: Ebay listings from potomacstore

2017-12-02 Thread Randy Dawson via cctalk
org> on behalf of systems_glitch via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Sent: Saturday, December 2, 2017 7:36 AM To: Mattis Lind; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Ebay listings from potomacstore I know a few of us have bought from them before, my experiences have been posit

Re: Ebay listings from potomacstore

2017-12-02 Thread systems_glitch via cctalk
I know a few of us have bought from them before, my experiences have been positive. I think the last thing I bought was a Teletype Model 33 ASR that fell on its face, seller made a pretty good deal as it was local pick-up and essentially it was a parts bucket at that point. Thanks, Jonathan On