From: mark@cheers.jsc.nasa.gov (Mark Manning)
Subject: Junk Items for sale!
Organization: Simulacron I
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 18:50:00 GMT

Hello everyone!  This is a list I have come up with of things I'd like
to sell. Some of it is really good stuff, some is just junk.  The junk
is cheap, the good stuff not so cheap.  Thanks for looking - and
buying!

The way in which I have set this up is in some kind of a "standard"
way which will allow you to easily see what I'm asking for (since
there are so many things listed here).  It goes like this:

Retail: $xxxxxx
Mail:   $xxxxxx
Asking: $xxxxxx


The "Retail:" line is what retail people are asking currently. The
"Mail:" line is what you'd pay via mail order, and "Asking:" is what
I'm asking for the thing.

Item:   Apple Daisy Wheel Printer
Retail: $800.00
Mail:   $400.00
Asking: $200.00

    Does and does not work.  The problem is that the track guide (the
little rubberband thingy) is broken.  Cost to fix is probably $25.00
for the item itself.  Fairly easy to repair.  About four screws to
take off the cover and a bit of finagling to get the thing on.

Item:   Tractor feed for above printer
Retail: $150.00
Mail:   $100.00
Asking: $50.00

    Allows the daisy wheel printer to use tractor feed paper.

Item:   Cut sheet feeder for above printer
Retail: $300.00
Mail:   $200.00
Asking: $50.00

    Allows the daisy wheel printer to use multiple cut sheets of
paper.

Item:   Daisy wheels for above printer
Retail: $5.00-$30.00
Mail:   $5.00-$30.00
Asking: $50.00 for all of them

    This is a box which contains lots and lots of daisywheels.
Some are for the daisywheel itself and some are extraneous
daisywheels made for different brands of printers.  All of them
that I have tried could be used with the printer - they just
require a few moments to figure out how to insert them.

Item:   Ribbons for the above printer
Retail: %7.50
Mail:   $2.50
Asking: $50.00 for all of them

    A LARGE number of ribbons for the daisywheel printer.
Somewhere around twenty ribbons.

Item:   Old motherboard for an IBM PC XT.  VERY OLD
Retail: $0.00
Mail:   $0.00
Asking: $5.00

    Junk.  Does NOT work.  Only usage is for parts.  This
thing does not have any VLSI or even LSI chips on it.  THAT
is how old this board is.

Item:   Old motherboard for an IBM PC XT.  OLD
Retail: $0.00
Mail:   $0.00
Asking: $5.00

    JUNK!  Does NOT work.  Only usage is for parts.  This
motherboard does have some LSI chips on it.

Item:   Some kind of a transformer
Retail: $0.00
Mail:   $0.00
Asking: $5.00

    JUNK!  Don't know exactly what this thing is.  It has a
transformer on it as well as a few capacitors and resistors.
But I have no idea what it is.  It was given to me a while back.

Item:   Old MacPlus
Retail: $1000.00
Mail:   $500.00
Asking: $200.00

    An old MacPlus computer I have had for a while now.  Since
I'm getting married, I've decided to get rid of some of these
computers so the old MacPlus has got to go.  :(

Item:   Apple //c
Retail: $600.00
Mail:   $300.00
Asking: $150.00

    An Apple //c.  Works, no problems with it.  128k memory.

Item:   Apple Green Screen Monitor
Retail: $100.00
Mail:   $50.00
Asking: $20.00

    This monitor does NOT work.  Unknown why not, but since I'm
getting rid of the Apple //c, I see no reason to fix it.

Item:   External Disk Drive Metal Box
Retail: $30.00
Mail:   $20.00
Asking: $10.00

    This is a box which is 7"x7"x12" or maybe a bit longer than
a foot.  At any rate, this is a metal box which can be used as
an external disk drive enclosure box.

Item:   Atari 130xe
Retail: $150.00
Mail:   $70.00
Asking: $30.00

    An Atari 130xe.  Good for playing games on and some light
programming.  Comes with software.

Item:   Disk Drives for the Above Atari 130xe
Retail: $500.00
Mail:   $300.00
Asking: $50.00 each

    Two disk drives for the above Atari 130xe.  Both work.

Item:   300baud modem for the above Atari 130xe
Retail: $50.00
Mail:   $30.00
Asking: $5.00

    A 300 baud modem which plugs into the joystick port.

Item:   Multinet box for the Atari 130xe
Retail: $70.00
Mail:   $30.00
Asking: $10.00

    Allows you to plug in up to eight peripherals to the
Atari 130xe.

Item:   Old Silicon Graphics Notebooks
Retail: $0.00
Mail:   $0.00
Asking: $0.25 each

    Our computing center recently cleaned out all of the old
manuals and, in my stupidity, I took most of them home.  Now
I've got boxes and boxes of these things laying around the
house.  These are not 8.5"x11" notebooks.  These are the size
of appointment books (5.5"x8.5").  I've been checking around
with friends to see if I can just give them to a school or
something, but if you'd like some cheap notebooks I'm willing
to pack them up and send them.  :)

Item:   AT style disk drive card
Retail: $30.00
Mail:   $30.00
Asking: $10.00

    Unknown type of disk drive card.  Suspect it to be an
RLL card.  Given to me by a friend when he upgraded his
disk drive (I think the drive is an RLL drive - but having
an IBM PC XT I couldn't use the card).

Item:   IBM Memory card
Retail: $0.00
Mail:   $0.00
Asking: $20.00

    An IBM Memory card of unknown origin.  Think it came
from the old IBM with no LSI chips but not sure.  Has
two banks of memory chips.  They look to be 80ns chips
on the board.  Unknown if it works.  Classified as junk.

Item:   Applied Engineering music card
Retail: $150.00
Mail:   $75.00
Asking: $10.00

    This is the music card AE came out with before revamping
their product.  Has a nickel-cadnium battery on it as well
so I suspect it might also have a clock on it.  Should work,
but might not.  Classified as junk.

Item:   IBM multifunction card
Retail: $50.00
Mail:   $25.00
Asking: $10.00

    Has an RS-232-C and a joystick port on it.  Should work
but might not.  Classified as junk.

Item:   Numeric keypad for Apple computers
Retail: $50.00
Mail:   $30.00
Asking: $10.00

    A numeric keypad which can be used with the Apple computer
series (not Macs).  Tried it before - works.  Comes with software
which allows you to define what each of the keys mean.

Item:   Tech Sketch Light Pen
Retail: $30.00
Mail:   $15.00
Asking: $5.00

    This is an old product which someone might have and want an
additional light pen for.  It was used with the Apple series of
computers from Apple Computer Inc.  I only have the light pen
itself and not the card which works with it.  But someone might
want it for who knows what.

Item:   Video from Sierra about MacOne Write (OLD!)
Retail: $0.00
Mail:   $0.00
Asking: $1.00

    A never opened Dealer Video about MacOne Write.  Some memorabilia
person might want this.

Item:   Video from John Sculley about Apple Computer Inc. (1985)
Retail: $0.00
Mail:   $0.00
Asking: $1.00

    A video from John Sculley titled "Statement of Direction" for
Apple Computer Inc..  It is dated 1985.  Unknown content.  One of
the things I got from a friend when he passed away.  It is more of
the memorabilia I have.  I will accept bids on this as someone
might think it is worth a bit more than $1.00.  But if only one
person wants it - then they can have it.  :)

Item:   Another transformer board with some heat sinks on it
Retail: $0.00
Mail:   $0.00
Asking: $5.00

    This board has a transformer as well as three rather large
heat sinks on it.

Item:   A guided tour of the Macintosh
Retail: $0.00
Mail:   $0.00
Asking: $0.25

    A never opened cassette tape that takes you on a guided tour
of the Macintosh.  Probably worth something to memorabilia people,
but not to me.  Again, this is up for auction.  If a lot of people
want it then the highest bidder gets it, but if only one or two
people ask about it then it's first come first serve.

Item:   A Kensington Mouse Holder for Macs
Retail: $0.00
Mail:   $0.00
Asking: $1.00

    This is one of those thingys you used to see people have
attached to the side of their Macs.  You can then put your
mouse in it after using it.  Kinda nice.  I only have the
holder though and none of the attachers.  However, if you
just get some double stick tape it works just as well. :)

Item:   A guided tour of the Macintosh, MacPaint, and MacWrite
Retail: $0.00
Mail:   $0.00
Asking: $0.25

    Same as the other one except it also has MacWrite and
MacPaint.  Maybe a teacher would like to buy these so he
could play it for the class.

Item:   An unknown, very small board with a few resistors,
        capacitors, and other junk on it.
Retail: $0.00
Mail:   $0.00
Asking: $0.25

    Just what the title says:A small board (4"x4") with only
five or six things on it.  Unknown where I got it or what it
does.  Sort of looks like one of my old eletronic projects I
started and then found a better way of doing it.

Item:   Another transformer - like the one just previously
        described.
Retail: $0.00
Mail:   $0.00
Asking: $5.00

    This board has a transformer as well as three rather large
heat sinks on it.

Item:   A blue box....
Retail: $0.00
Mail:   $0.00
Asking: $1.00

    A blue box with two switches and a gauge on the front.  Three
plugs on the rear (like you'd find on an Atari for power) and one
mono plug on the side.  Looks like something I got from my friend
who died in 1986.  Unknown purpose to the box.

Item:   Acustical Couplings
Retail: $30.00
Mail:   $25.00
Asking: $10.00

    These are three acustical couplings like you would find on the
old style modems.  They are fashioned to grip a telephone.  I want
to make it clear that these are three SINGLE couplings.  Not three
_pairs_ of couplings.

Item:   Terminal Keys
Retail: $????
Mail:   $????
Asking: $10.00

    These are full key set-ups.  In other words - They have the key
itself, the stem of the key, and the bed for the key to fit into.
You could probably take them apart and use just the keys - but I
make no promises (though that IS how they appear to be made).  At
any rate, some of them say PRINT, some say SEND, PAGE BACK, HOME,
<-, ->, and others.

Item:   Fan
Retail: $????
Mail:   $????
Asking: $5.00

    A heavy duty, very heavy, small, 120v fan (3"x3"x1").  No power
cable available.  Seems to be in good condition.

Item:   Liberty Electronic Terminal
Retail: $400.00
Mail:   $100.00
Asking: $25.00

An older terminal which (if I remember correctly) does VT100
emmulation.

Item:   Apple Green Screen Composite Monitor
Retail: $100.00
Mail:   $50.00
Asking: $10.00

BROKEN!  A part of the logic board needs to be replaced.  Unknown
what part.  Took it in to see what was the matter and that is what
they said.  Every other part still works fine.

Item:   HP Drum Plotter
Retail: $250.00
Mail:   $150.00
Asking: $10.00

An old HP Drum plotter (B Size I think).  Unknown whether it works
still or not.  I haven't used it in about three years.  So I'm not
making any guarantees.  No pens available except through HP.  Uses
a standard RS-232-C cable (not a part of the package).
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All of the above can be paid for via check, money order, or
cashier's check.  Plain check people should consult the following
mailing schedule to see how long it will take to process your
check and get the goods to you:

Within Texas:
    3 days to reach me
    5 days to clear the bank
    3 days to reach you

Within the US:
    5 days to reach me
    5 days to clear the bank
    5 days to reach you

Within North/South America:
    7 days to reach me
    7 days to clear the bank
    7 days to reach you

Overseas:
    14 days to reach me
    10 days to clear the bank
    14 days to reach you

Just thought I'd post this since I went to the Post Office and my bank
to find this out.  Of course with Money Orders or Cashier's Checks there
is no waiting for the bank to clear the check.  So you gain quite a bit
by doing this.

Notes:

All questions regarding the above will be cheerfully answered.  Prices
are subject to change (hopefully in the positive vector direction).
Please keep flames and "I can get that for a dollar" things to a
minimum.  :)  Prices quoted are ones found by calling only one or two
places and not the world so they may not reflect what something costs
where you are.  If you see something you'd like to buy and someone
else has already bought it - then let me just say I'm sorry I don't
have more of them.  If you see something you'd like to buy and you
think the price is too high, then make a bid.  All I can do is say no.

Not included in any of the prices is the fact that the BUYER has to pay
all shipping costs.  I usually send everything by US Mail and not UPS.
I do this because US Mail, though slower, does not crush, crumble, or
chomp anything I send.  UPS does.  Unfortunately, US Mail also costs
a little more than UPS does.  The difference is usually about 10% more
than UPS.  But I consider it to be worth it in order to get my packages
to whereever they are going in the same condition they were when I sent
them.  I also send anything over $10.00 certified and insured.  Thus, if
the item reaches you and is damaged.  Tell the mail person THEN - not
later.  If, as in the MacPlus, you open the box and the monitor is
cracked, e-mail me and call the post office.  I will pack the stuff
very well and it should not be damaged when you get it.  Therefore,
the insurance should cover it.

Thanks again and here's hoping I sell all of this stuff.  I've got
even more stuff to sell, but this is a good starting place.
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