[Coco] Another 'rare' opportunity on eBay

[Arthur Flexser]

As I recall, it wasn't even a true hard drive controller, but simply some
sort of interface with a few logic chips that required a separate
controller.  Vastly overpriced originally by Tandy, and the seller is
apparently continuing this tradition.

Art
On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 5:14 PM, <sales at gimechip.com> wrote:

> 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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