I don't have a problem paying good money for retro stuff that warrants it. I enjoy playing with the Tandy portables, one if the reasons being because they are so cheap to find. I don't have to worry about babying them too much.
I could maybe see $300-400 for a sealed, NIB 102. MAYBE $500. $800 for a used one is just plain crazy - either two bidders that have way too much money, or eBay fraud. On Feb 13, 2018 10:04 PM, "Doug Jackson" <d...@doughq.com> wrote: > Retro gear is just sometimes expensive. $4k for an imsai 8080 isn't > unheard of. > > On 14 Feb. 2018 2:37 pm, "Chris Fezzler" <fezz...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > I found it fun to buy computers from when the industry was battling with > innovations and different form factors. A lot of real innovative engineers > out there. > > On Tuesday, February 13, 2018 09:34:16 PM EST, Kevin > Becker <ke...@kevinbecker.org> wrote: > > > “Retro” computing stuff seems to be going up in price lately. Even things > that didn’t seem very retro to me. Look at the prices for old 486/pentium > machines. There are some wild ideas about the value of a generic beige x86 > tower. > > On Feb 13, 2018, at 9:22 PM, Chris Fezzler <fezz...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Fake to drive up prices? > > On Tuesday, February 13, 2018 09:10:23 PM EST, Kevin > Becker <ke...@kevinbecker.org> wrote: > > > I was watching the TPDD2 and was disappointed when it went over $100 > because one went for $60 or $70 a week ago. > > It makes no sense they went so high. It looks like to two different buyers > too. > > On Feb 13, 2018, at 9:05 PM, Chris Kmiec <ckmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Check these two auctions that just ended... > > Tandy-Portable-Disk-Drive-2 > <https://www.ebay.com/itm/Tandy-Portable-Disk-Drive-2-Mint-in-box-26-3814-Model-100-102-200-w-power-supply/152897129123?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT> > > and > > Tandy-102 > <https://www.ebay.com/itm/Tandy-102-Radio-Shack-Portable-Computer-Laptop-26-3803-Mint-in-box-power-supply/152897142799?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT> > > How, why, WHAT?? > > >
