The origin of the information about the 9958 chips was my email here after reading an announcement on aamsx.org. Agony got the news from the italian mailing list (as i read that later). Gilberto is a known msx'er in Italy, IC Miri e.g. Not a fancy email address, but his job email :) Enough to trust him i guess.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Boon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 20:28 Subject: Re: [NL only!] Ordering V9958 VDP(s) > > > >> If Gilberto is living in EURO zone, > > > > >He does > > > > Where? In Spain? In Portugal? > > Italy > > > Is it someone you can trust? > > Dunno. I just assume that I can. > > > Maybe someone can visit him? > > For me that's not an option, unfortunately > > > And why mention a price in dollars (the exchange rate fluctuates, > > the dollar is rather expensive these days AND maybe a transfer > > in euros is cheaper?). > > BTW when ordering more VDP's, I assume the shipping costs per > > chip is not 6 dollars? > > The complete story goes as follows: I mentioned a VDP ordering > initiative taken about a year ago, which apparently died a silent > death. Then I got a reply from Grauw (hoi Laurens ;-)) that > someone (Gilberto) offered V9958s on comp.sys.msx, the > MSX newsgroup I unfortunately could not read at that moment. > Now, in that mail, Laurens mentioned (quote): > "They cost $17 per piece and $6 postage costs" > Since I was interested in 2 or 3 of those, too, I contacted Laurens > and asked him whether we could make a joint order -- an idea > whcih apparently appealed to Laurens, but he was not able to > take the initiative, so I did. > So, post&package (P&P) of 6USD was for one single VDP being > shipped. I will work out the real costs with Gilberto - I expect them > to be not much more for the whole lot of them. All the costs will be > shared across the ppl who ordered either on a per capita basis or > on the number of VDP ordered. > As soon as i have completed the ordering list (close on friday!), > I'll will be able to tell the exact costs. > > > Anyway, I'm thinking about ordering two VDP's. Please > > tell me more. > > What more do you want to know? And even then , you're not > obliged to take my offer - you can order from Gilberto directly, too :-) > > Eric > > > > -- > For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html > -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
