[Coco] Another 'rare' opportunity on eBay

[sales at gimechip.com]

that's funny :-)
I think it's a sale in one of dad's Rainbow's that had it for 99.95, but 
yep, you're right it was $129.95 (i did some digging). I didn't know it was 
SASI - if it is SASI, could not an aftermarket SASI Controller (such as used 
with the DISTO HDA) be used with it (assuming you could find one)? I wonder, 
only because I read that they could only employ the Tandy Controller.
-John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Heskett" <gene.heskett at gmail.com>
To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 3:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Another 'rare' opportunity on eBay


> On Wednesday 23 June 2010, sales at gimechip.com wrote:
>>I think it originally sold for 99.95. The problem with that darned thing
>> is it will only work with the Tandy Hard Drives Specified, so you'd have
>> to find one of those little beasts as well and hope it is still in
>> working order. I think Roger's drive pack would be a better fit for my
>> money, or one of Cloud-9's items,,,
>
> The only one I ever saw they wanted $129.95 for.  And it was a sasi, not
> scsi, which is why you could only use their $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ drives with
> it.
>
> But they of course wouldn't/couldn't tell you that because they thought 
> sasi
> was a mouthy womanchild. ;-)
>
>>-john
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Paul F" <fiscap0768 at yahoo.com>
>>To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 3:12 PM
>>Subject: [Coco] Another 'rare' opportunity on eBay
>>
>>
>>While this is truly a semi-rare item in the CoCo community, the seller is
>>clueless as to its true market value. How much did this thing retail for
>>originally? This is the relisted-listing and when it didn't sell in the
>>original posting for $120, the seller must have clearly thought that it
>>didn't get enough exposure the first time around since it didn't sell at
>>such a generous price. Of course, the natural thing to do in that case is
>> to relist it for the same ridiculous price.
>>
>>http://cgi.ebay.com/Tandy-Radio-Shack-26-3145-Hard-Disk-Controller-64KCoCo
>>-/270597637678
>>
>>Maybe someone out there in the community is desperate to add one of these
>> to their collection - too ridiculous of a price for me.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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