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Item 4: PC for sale

Entered by bad on Fri Aug 2 13:05:21 1991:

        I wanna get rid of this clunky old Zenith-

        Z-150 series Turbo XT IBM-compatible 
        4.77-8 Mhz switchable 
        512K RAM, will take at least 256K more on the motherboard
        two 5.25" floppy drives
        CGA color monitor
        Star printer - good for spitting out text, not for papers and such

        $399
7 responses total.
#1 of 7 by rcurl on Tue Aug 9 05:34:44 1994:

Here is an item with the right title, that didn't go anywhere. Recycle,
I say. Consider this: Tucker Electronics is selling an HP 9835A
desktop computer for $495. It has 64K RAM, a 217K cartridge tape, and
can be programmed in BASIC and assembly. They also list an HP 2225A
ThinkJet printer for $300. These prices seem way out of line. Does
anyone buy stuff like that for such prices and, if not, why is it in
their catalog that way?

#2 of 7 by mkoch on Tue Aug 9 16:32:52 1994:

Maybe it's $ 4.95 ??

#3 of 7 by rcurl on Wed Aug 10 05:18:47 1994:

Uh uh. 49,500 cents. Tucker deals in mostly obsolete, reconditioned
electronics. Most of it is solid-state, but pre IC. The prices mostly
seem very high to me (though I did buy a HP 1707B (USM 338 Ver.) scope
from them once - but for a fair price).

#4 of 7 by mkoch on Sat Aug 13 16:40:04 1994:

Well, sounds like they'd be better off donating some of that stuff to a
museum... they'd get the money back through the IRS... but then I doubt that
the IRS would credit them $495.00

#5 of 7 by danr on Thu Sep 15 22:33:14 1994:

People do buy stuff like this because for some strange reason tehy
have some weird software that only runs on that particular computer.
Or, it may be that they built a test stand around that computer and 
need to make another one or to replace the computer in the test 
stand they already have.

That's why they can charge so much for it.

#6 of 7 by cybrgirl on Tue Sep 26 20:13:48 1995:

I have a 2400/9600 FAX Data modem that I want to sell. #5
 35$ sound ok?

#7 of 7 by scg on Wed Sep 27 05:45:37 1995:

It would probably be possible to get new one (if new 2400 bps modems can still
be found) for less than that.  In other words, it's a biit expensive.

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