I've got a few Acorn bits to get rid of. Anybody know if it's worth the bother of ebay? - or should I just * tell you guys about them and get someone to make me an offer or * dump the lot?
* Two acorn electrons - both boot up ok but one has keys missing so if you can find the keys - you can make two good ones - otherwise one from the two I guess * BBC Master 128 - fitted with econet upgrade * Philosopher's quest on 5.25 * Hobbit on 5.25 * Various Electron cassettes e.g. Snapper, Boxer, Sphinx Adventure etc.
I've no idea what the "fan base" for these sorts of things is. Are folks interested in this stuff anymore? I'm not too worried about making money out of it (though if there is a fan base so much the better) but if I'm realistically going to get 10 quid for the hassle of packaging, post office etc etc - it's not worth the hassle.
eBay would be pretty hit and miss I'd guess, especially if you don't have the original packaging. If you were after money splitting it up would no doubt be the way forward, but with that comes extra hassle.
I'm 100% sure that you'd be able to give the stuff away, or even raise a few pound, plus get it collected if you set a price.
I'd certainly be interested in a few bits, especially the two adventures on 5 1/4" disks...
Hamish
On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:26:52 +0100, "lk" <gofys...@wrong.address.com> wrote:
>I've got a few Acorn bits to get rid of. Anybody know if it's worth the >bother of ebay? - or should I just >* tell you guys about them and get someone to make me an offer or >* dump the lot?
>* Two acorn electrons - both boot up ok but one has keys missing so if you >can find the keys - you can make two good ones - otherwise one from the two >I guess >* BBC Master 128 - fitted with econet upgrade >* Philosopher's quest on 5.25 >* Hobbit on 5.25 >* Various Electron cassettes e.g. Snapper, Boxer, Sphinx Adventure etc.
>I've no idea what the "fan base" for these sorts of things is. Are folks >interested in this stuff anymore? I'm not too worried about making money >out of it (though if there is a fan base so much the better) but if I'm >realistically going to get 10 quid for the hassle of packaging, post office >etc etc - it's not worth the hassle.
On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:26:52 +0100, "lk" <gofys...@wrong.address.com> wrote:
>* Two acorn electrons - both boot up ok but one has keys missing so if you >can find the keys - you can make two good ones - otherwise one from the two >I guess
<URL:mailto:gofys...@wrong.address.com> wrote: > I've got a few Acorn bits to get rid of. Anybody know if it's worth the > bother of ebay? - or should I just > * tell you guys about them and get someone to make me an offer or > * dump the lot?
> * Two acorn electrons - both boot up ok but one has keys missing so if you > can find the keys - you can make two good ones - otherwise one from the two > I guess > * BBC Master 128 - fitted with econet upgrade > * Philosopher's quest on 5.25 > * Hobbit on 5.25 > * Various Electron cassettes e.g. Snapper, Boxer, Sphinx Adventure etc.
> I've no idea what the "fan base" for these sorts of things is. Are folks > interested in this stuff anymore? I'm not too worried about making money > out of it (though if there is a fan base so much the better) but if I'm > realistically going to get 10 quid for the hassle of packaging, post office > etc etc - it's not worth the hassle.
Where are you? Someone may be able to collect and save you a lot of hassle!
Chris Evans
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I would be very interested in these items, particularly the master econet interface; please email me paulj DOT register AT ntlworld DOT com so we can discuss further.
Thanks, Paul.
"lk" <gofys...@wrong.address.com> wrote in message
> I've got a few Acorn bits to get rid of. Anybody know if it's worth the > bother of ebay? - or should I just > * tell you guys about them and get someone to make me an offer or > * dump the lot?
> * Two acorn electrons - both boot up ok but one has keys missing so if you > can find the keys - you can make two good ones - otherwise one from the > two I guess > * BBC Master 128 - fitted with econet upgrade > * Philosopher's quest on 5.25 > * Hobbit on 5.25 > * Various Electron cassettes e.g. Snapper, Boxer, Sphinx Adventure etc.
> I've no idea what the "fan base" for these sorts of things is. Are folks > interested in this stuff anymore? I'm not too worried about making money > out of it (though if there is a fan base so much the better) but if I'm > realistically going to get 10 quid for the hassle of packaging, post > office etc etc - it's not worth the hassle.
> eBay would be pretty hit and miss I'd guess, especially if you don't > have the original packaging. If you were after money splitting it up > would no doubt be the way forward, but with that comes extra hassle.
> I'm 100% sure that you'd be able to give the stuff away, or even raise > a few pound, plus get it collected if you set a price.
> I'd certainly be interested in a few bits, especially the two > adventures on 5 1/4" disks...
> Hamish
> On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:26:52 +0100, "lk" <gofys...@wrong.address.com> > wrote:
>>I've got a few Acorn bits to get rid of. Anybody know if it's worth the >>bother of ebay? - or should I just >>* tell you guys about them and get someone to make me an offer or >>* dump the lot?
>>* Two acorn electrons - both boot up ok but one has keys missing so if you >>can find the keys - you can make two good ones - otherwise one from the >>two >>I guess >>* BBC Master 128 - fitted with econet upgrade >>* Philosopher's quest on 5.25 >>* Hobbit on 5.25 >>* Various Electron cassettes e.g. Snapper, Boxer, Sphinx Adventure etc.
>>I've no idea what the "fan base" for these sorts of things is. Are folks >>interested in this stuff anymore? I'm not too worried about making money >>out of it (though if there is a fan base so much the better) but if I'm >>realistically going to get 10 quid for the hassle of packaging, post >>office >>etc etc - it's not worth the hassle.
Assuming it's sold as seen (I've no way to test the disks) - how much would you want to give me for the adventure games?
> On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:26:52 +0100, "lk" <gofys...@wrong.address.com> > wrote:
>>* Two acorn electrons - both boot up ok but one has keys missing so if you >>can find the keys - you can make two good ones - otherwise one from the >>two >>I guess
> In article <4a490764$0$24007$db0fe...@news.zen.co.uk>, lk > <URL:mailto:gofys...@wrong.address.com> wrote: > Where are you? > Someone may be able to collect and save you a lot of hassle!
> I would be very interested in these items, particularly the master econet > interface; please email me paulj DOT register AT ntlworld DOT com so we > can discuss further.
> Thanks, > Paul.
> "lk" <gofys...@wrong.address.com> wrote in message > news:4a490764$0$24007$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk... >> I've got a few Acorn bits to get rid of. Anybody know if it's worth the >> bother of ebay? - or should I just >> * tell you guys about them and get someone to make me an offer or >> * dump the lot?
>> * Two acorn electrons - both boot up ok but one has keys missing so if >> you can find the keys - you can make two good ones - otherwise one from >> the two I guess >> * BBC Master 128 - fitted with econet upgrade >> * Philosopher's quest on 5.25 >> * Hobbit on 5.25 >> * Various Electron cassettes e.g. Snapper, Boxer, Sphinx Adventure etc.
>> I've no idea what the "fan base" for these sorts of things is. Are >> folks interested in this stuff anymore? I'm not too worried about >> making money out of it (though if there is a fan base so much the better) >> but if I'm realistically going to get 10 quid for the hassle of >> packaging, post office etc etc - it's not worth the hassle.
On 30 Jun 2009 "paul" <reply...@newsgroup.com> wrote:
[snip your post] [snip entire previous posts]
Hi,
incase you are new to the comp.sys.acorn news groups, there are three important conventions that we follow to make it far easier for everyone to read.
1) The reply you type should be after the previous message(s) text, or interleaved with it. Not at the top, which is the default for some badly designed online services such as google groups/mail, and poor quality PC software such as Outlook and Outlook Express - these particular programs can be fixed with a patches from:- http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/outlook-quotefix/ http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/
2) You should edit the previous message(s) to just the points directly relevant to your reply, and not just include the entire thing.
3) Make sure all your lines are less than 76 characters wide, to prevent unsightly spillage of odd words on to the next line, and to make it easier for people replying.
For further information please refer to the following:-
druck wrote: > On 30 Jun 2009 "paul" <reply...@newsgroup.com> wrote:
> [snip your post] > [snip entire previous posts]
> Hi,
> incase you are new to the comp.sys.acorn news groups, there are three > important conventions that we follow to make it far easier for > everyone to read.
> 1) The reply you type should be after the previous message(s) text, or > interleaved with it. Not at the top, which is the default for some > badly designed online services such as google groups/mail, and poor > quality PC software such as Outlook and Outlook Express - these > particular programs can be fixed with a patches from:- > http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/outlook-quotefix/ > http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/
> 2) You should edit the previous message(s) to just the points directly > relevant to your reply, and not just include the entire thing.
> 3) Make sure all your lines are less than 76 characters wide, to > prevent unsightly spillage of odd words on to the next line, and to > make it easier for people replying.
> For further information please refer to the following:-
How grown up. Druck posts a polite, detailed, and correct guide to the etiquette for these groups, and you demonstrate the one thing he didn't feel the need to mention.
In article <20090702140122.381d9...@trite.i.flarn.net.i.flarn.net>, Rob Kendrick <n...@rjek.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 12:48:26 +0000 (UTC) > "Hermann" wrote: > <some obscenities> > How grown up. Druck posts a polite, detailed, and correct guide to the > etiquette for these groups, and you demonstrate the one thing he didn't > feel the need to mention. > B.
Funny old world... The removed obscenities reminded me of the similar immature replies that seem to be the main method of reply to everything, on the Ubuntu Newsgroup.
>>>* Two acorn electrons - both boot up ok but one has keys missing so if you >>>can find the keys - you can make two good ones - otherwise one from the >>>two >>>I guess
>> How much would you want for the two Electrons?
>20UKP negoritable.
Have you got an address I can mail you at? Or you could mail me, my address is valid.
> On 30 Jun 2009 "paul" <reply...@newsgroup.com> wrote:
[snip your advice]
> Thank you for your cooperation.
Certainly. I must admit, netiquette gets up my nose - but I'm new to this ng so happy to follow house rules.
Incidentally - with everyone suggesting I contact them off list, this has become too much trouble. The Master is now on ebay and the rest of the stuff will follow very shortly. Apologies if anyone feels I've messed them about. My OP wanted some idea what to do with the stuff - as opposed to offers.
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