[Coco] Another 'rare' opportunity on eBay

[sales at gimechip.com]

That's the way the DISTO SASI adapter worked as well. The B&B was also just 
a few logic chips that required an XT MFM or RLL controller. The Tandy Unit 
also, I believe, required OS-9, though I imagine it could be made to work 
with DECB by a clever programmer.
We've really got it good these days thanks to Jim Hathaway, Mark Marlett, 
and recently Roger Taylor and his awesome drivepack. I have always wanted to 
acquire one of the Tandy Units to take it apart and see what's inside, but 
these days that might be a bad idea as far as collectibility goes...
-John

-John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arthur Flexser" <flexser at fiu.edu>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Another 'rare' opportunity on eBay


> 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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