[Coco] another Rare CoCo 2 :)

[Aaron Wolfe]

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 10:28 PM, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Monday 21 June 2010, jdaggett at gate.net wrote:

>>Roger

>>

>>You ought to lool at his other listings. Such a deal an IBM 5100 Portable

>> Computer with APL and Basic. 64K of ram also. Bought from an original

>> owner. Its 20% from $9999.99. Now downto $7999.99.

>>

>>any takers?

>>

>>james

>

> Is my memory playing tricks on me James?  I could swear I saw it at the NAB

> once when it was new, and could have been had for only $4995.00.  With 64k

> and APL which the guy was demoing.  1976-1981 range?

>


According to both Wikipedia and http://oldcomputers.net/ibm5100.html

"From $8975 (BASIC  with 16KB) to $19,975 (BASIC+APL with 64KB)"

There's a 5120 somewhere around my dad's place.  I played with it as a
kid, weird APL computer with built in dual 8 in floppies.


>>On 21 Jun 2010 at 18:29, Roger Taylor wrote:

>>> Hmm.  Can he or can he not get $140 for this "rare" "museum" grade

>>> CoCo 2?   I've got these things laying all over the lab and can't

>>> even give them away.

>>>

>>> He's even got a typo in the model #.  :)

>>>

>>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200468311244&ssPageNa

>>>me=STRK:MEWAX:IT

>>

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