[Coco] Can anyone explain this?

[Gene Heskett]

On Thursday 28 February 2008, john poco wrote:

What are you using for an email agent John?  The header does not identify it.  

The echo is totally unformatted, and few people are going to try and wade 
through this to find the reply.


>Yea thats what I mean, I just picked up a tano dragon for only $105. I think
> there were only a few thousand of those made (in the US). The coco 1
> without the bubble can't be that rare, Even in mint condition. > From:
> jps.subscriptions at gmail.com> To: coco at maltedmedia.com> Date: Thu, 28 Feb
> 2008 20:58:12 -0700> Subject: Re: [Coco] Can anyone explain this?> > On Feb
> 28, 2008, at 8:42 PM, john poco wrote:> >
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150219137168&ssPage
>Name=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=005> >> > This has GOT to be some kind of scam. Or an I
> missing something?> > There does seem to be a run on bidding for CoCo 1's
> over the past few > days. In this case, at least one of the bidders seems
> to be a general > collector of old computers. Dedicated collectors seem
> more willing to > run prices up if they want something now. Since no
> Extended BASIC > manual seems to be shown in the photos, I'm guessing this
> may just be > a plain Color BASIC machine, too.> > In contrast, last month
> I picked up a rare albino CoCo 1 in box and in > excellent condition.
> Complete set of manuals were in mint condition, > and it came with a
> collection of game paks complete with mint > manuals. The price? $31.> > By
> the way, has anyone ever seen a 3003B CoCo 1 with a serial number > greater
> than 10000? I'm curious as to how rare these beasts actually > are.> >
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