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Bugger. froggy2 has started bidding on it. There goes another device off overseas. Has anyone worked out whether froggy2 is buying for eBay or something else?

http://www.trademe.co.nz/a.asp?id=45829 ... 12&ct=link

Ahh for every item he exports, I probably import 3 from the US ehehe

Shame it's not working, but it is pretty awesome just how complete it is.

p.s. any luck with the 5150 board? Will be making a diags ROM you can borrow once I get my monitor back.
p.p.s. froggy2 is listed as Palmy North?

SpidersWeb wrote:p.p.s. froggy2 is listed as Palmy North?

I swear it's not me!

I'm now interested to know who it might be though...

SpidersWeb wrote:Ahh for every item he exports, I probably import 3 from the US ehehe

Shame it's not working, but it is pretty awesome just how complete it is.

Also is a he named Jane
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WelshWizard wrote:

SpidersWeb wrote:Ahh for every item he exports, I probably import 3 from the US ehehe

Shame it's not working, but it is pretty awesome just how complete it is.

Also is a he named Jane
Name: Jane

Yeah, it's interesting though - froggy2 has made statements that make it clear s/he is buying on behalf (viewtopic.php?f=10&t=473#p2386) and while s/he lists lots of stuff, I've never seen any of the computers, calculators or similar make it back onto Trademe.

I have never once seen anyone win an auction that froggy2 is bidding on.

I'd like to think that one day we'll suddenly see a Museum of Portable and Handheld Computers open up in Palmerston North - I'd be one of the first to visit

No mention of it being tested so I asked

"When was the last time you had it running and able to check the system out?"

the sort of thing you could call nearly a classic, but has potential as I doubt if many of them are around.

There's a whole lotta guesswork going on in this thread. Someone needs to ask him/her/it (could be a bot ?) on an auction.

I hear that someone in Dunedin is suppose to have one of the biggest calculator collections around. The person can't be sourcing them from anywhere in Dunedin as the only ones I ever find in stores/fairs (and that's only a few a year) tend to be of the boring 70s basic functions Panasonic variety that no one buys on trademe for more than a fiver. Maybe Froggy's the source?