system: You are Jim Dagon, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Classified message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Rob Hood about "Aquarius".

They wrote:
RH> Hello Jim!
RH> Thursday February 05 1998 13:27, Jim Dagon wrote to Rob Hood:
RH>   -> you >> also soon,also ill pay for its shipping... You should have
RH>   ->> package by now??? Looks like the 5200 is going to wiegh about 14
RH>   ->> which is 2 more than the Aquarius was. So, they'll probably charge
RH>   ->> around $15.00 for UPS shipping.  Let me know what your doing and
RH>   ->> the Aquarius is.
RH>   > . I like everything alot......
RH> I take it you got the stuff in one piece then? grin...
RH>   > I still need to find a way to get clear reception as i only have a
RH>   > Nintendo tv connector right now and it make the
RH>   > Atari,Colecovision,Aquarius very fuzzy and you cant see a thing
RH>   > hardly,how do you get clear reception since my tv wont accept the
RH>   > game switch boxes??
RH> Go to Radio Shack or any electronics store: I believe you are referring
RH> to the fact that your tv only has a screw-on co-axil cable connection???
RH> I use a small black connector that has two screws for connecting a wire
RH> antenna on one end (the tv/console switch box) and the other end has a
RH> round co-axil type end that just slips over the screw-on cable terminal.
RH> Radio Shack carries them. Should not be more than $2.00 each...well,
RH> maybe $3.00 with prices now a day, hehehhehe...
RH>   > Ill send the $40 for it all,plus the bonus 5 Atari or Coleco games
RH>   > plus send you some games i recieved in a trade recently...
RH>   > The 5 games i would like are Krull,He-MAn,Casino,+Baseball and
RH>   > Football and Labybug for the Coleco....
RH> Hmmm. I count 6 games. Subtract one please unless you buy the "Wico"
RH> then I'll include the extra one. just tested: Krull, He-man,
RH> casino(boring), and  Ladybug, all work good. Again, can't test the
RH> Colico's. sorry...
RH>   > Also how much is the joysticks you have,and do you have or know
RH>   > to get the Super Action Controller required to play
RH>   > Frontline,Football,Baseball,etc....
RH> No idea sorry...
RH> I have 4 of the standard Atari joysticks + 1 called a: PointMaster and 1
RH> called a: Archer (sounds more like a manufacturer's name):this one does
RH> not have the regular suchion feet, just 4 little rubber type pads...I'll
RH> let the standard ones go at $3.00 each (sent with the 5200) else $5.00
RH> each to cover s/h...Same with the Archer one.  Gotta hang onto the
RH> Pointmaster else I'll not be able to test the carts...
RH> Actually, you'd get a better deal with the boxed Wico Command control
RH> arcade joystick. :2 fire buttons, extra large arcade type bat handle,
RH> 2  position switch for 1 or 2 handed arcade feel and response
RH> etc.  Plus,  it has been used a lot less and should be much more
RH> reliable than the older above listed  ones. Thats only $10.00
RH> shipped with the 5200...
RH>   > confirm this offer and ill send the check or money order....
RH> it is Sunday, so can't check on that "regular post mail" thingie. Get
RH> back to me on the above stuff and I'll see about the "post" thing on
RH> Monday...
RH> Rob
RH> ... A $300.00 Picture tube will protect a 10 cent fuse by blowing first.
RH> --- FMail 0.92
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  Cool mon........let me get some funds in order and ill send......
  I know the post office has two flat rates.....