[Coco] ebay game auction - Holy (bleep)

[Little John]

I wonder, if perhaps the reason for the large bid price isn't just the 
anteco carts - perhaps it's also the instruction manuals - often, cartridge 
acqusitions lack the manuals...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arthur Flexser" <flexser at fiu.edu>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 10:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] ebay game auction - Holy (bleep)


> I'm betting that means licensed FROM Tom Mix or Spectral, since they were
> software developers and Anteco was (I believe) hardware-oriented.  That 
> is,
> Anteco was licensed BY the developer to allow them to sell it as a 
> Rompack.
>
> Art
> On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 11:47 PM, Little John <sales at gimechip.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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