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There is a great thread over on Stardot that I thought I'd try to replicate over here, called LOLPRICE.

It's basically all the prices of things that made us go LOL, you have got to be kidding.

I'll start with this:

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What gear have you seen today where the price made you LOL?
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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
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Good idea Jon. Ok, this one is always good for a laugh:


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sporniket wrote: Tue Jul 12, 2022 10:05 am Not today but last week, a Mega STe for 1500€ ...
That's getting into TT/Falcon territory :(
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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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mrbombermillzy wrote: Tue Jul 12, 2022 10:41 am Good idea Jon. Ok, this one is always good for a laugh:



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Collector of many retro things!
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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rubber_jonnie wrote: Tue Jul 12, 2022 10:49 am
sporniket wrote: Tue Jul 12, 2022 10:05 am Not today but last week, a Mega STe for 1500€ ...
That's getting into TT/Falcon territory :(
exactly like I thought. I would rather convert the schematic and do the PCB myself...
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sporniket wrote: Tue Jul 12, 2022 10:52 am
rubber_jonnie wrote: Tue Jul 12, 2022 10:49 am

That's getting into TT/Falcon territory :(
exactly like I thought. I would rather convert the schematic and do the PCB myself...
That might be a project I could get behind, TT especially.
Collector of many retro things!
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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Ishar trilogy anyone?

EDIT: Or just list all the items this seller has. So much rare stuff...
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DoG wrote: Tue Jul 12, 2022 10:59 am Ishar trilogy anyone?

EDIT: Or just list all the items this seller has. So much rare stuff...
Yeah, F030 stuff is always good for this sort of thing.

I was originally looking for the F030 kettle leads which were over £10 because they were special Falcon ones, but couldnt find any.
That seller must have given up preying on peoples stupidity by now, I guess.
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Actually, just do a search for Memotech stuff... e.g.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/11189/i.html ... _PrefLoc=2

E.g.

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P.S. For those of you who don't know, the MTX500 is the lower spec. 32K machine. The ROMPAK is merely a simple circuit board with an edge connector, address decode GAL and an EPROM in a case, something you can build for about £20-£30.
Intro retro computers since before they were retro...
ZX81->Spectrum->Memotech MTX->Sinclair QL->520STM->BBC Micro->TT030->PCs & Sun Workstations.
Added code to the MiNT kernel (still there the last time I checked) + put together MiNTOS.
Collection now with added Macs, Amigas, Suns and Acorns.
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