[Coco] ebay game auction - Holy (bleep)

[Little John]

Yes, I do think it's insane also :)
However, one of the carts specifically mentions "Licensed by Tom Mix" and 
another "Spectral Associates", so I believe these were actual cart games 
from anteco.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arthur Flexser" <flexser at fiu.edu>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 10:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] ebay game auction - Holy (bleep)


> My recollection is that Anteco for a time sold Rompack shells and boards
> that fit inside them that you could put your own sockets and chips into. 
> I
> believe I was a customer of theirs for a time in the '80s when I needed
> cartridges to accommodate the Dallas Semiconductor SmartWatch clock I sold
> as an option with Extended ADOS-3 (for those who did not wish to piggyback
> it underneath their ADOS EPROM, which required cutting a hole in the disk
> controller's cover to allow for the extra height).  Though the cartridges 
> I
> bought did not have the white labels mentioning TRS-80 and TDP-100 (or any
> labels at all).  I remember the boards coming in perforated strips that 
> had
> to be broken apart for use.  So the advertised cartridges may be some sort
> of generic, perhaps containing an EPROM socket.  Something handy for a
> developer or seller of Rompack-based software, perhaps.  Though also
> something you could easily make by removing the ROM from any junk Rompack
> and replacing it with a socket.
>
> Hard to get nowadays, I'm sure, but the $300 price for this lot seems
> insane.
>
> Art
> On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 10:52 PM, Little John <sales at gimechip.com> wrote:
>
>> They are apparently pretty rare, and judging by the pictures were 
>> marketed
>> for the TDP-100 (Tandy's version of the CoCo that was marketed through
>> retail channels other than Radio Shack/Tandy stores). The rarity drives 
>> bids
>> I guess - not worth that price to me, but if it is something you've been
>> looking for and have never found and then there it is for bid, you would
>> probably want it at any cost... such as the Action Comics #1 that went 
>> for
>> $1.5 Million - such behavior has never made good sense to me... I could
>> collect stuff my entire life, but when I die - what happens to it? So 
>> what's
>> the point? I am rambling... sorry ... Big John
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "mike delyea" <mdelyea at gmail.com>
>> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 9:44 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] ebay game auction - Holy (bleep)
>>
>>
>>
>> Whats the big deal about Anteco carts?  I've never heard of them.
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