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-|- awave veganalex at gmail.com
Sun Jul 9 01:14:43 PDT 2006 

To thomas,

don't bother posting it mate - well...i'm not atall sure about the
conversion rates - but i know its above half and below 3/4 so...im not
sure - i'll work it out properly sometime.

right - if i bought one off ebay it would have to be uk based because
it wouldnt be worth inporting tbh. ahhh i thought you were from aus
dude :~P and also it wouldnt be v.a.t ontop of it because thats only
new purchases - it would be the cost of the package to me(which would
be nil if you were to send(dont think p&p included)...which your not
going to) - so therefore i don't think there would be any tax
atall...i hope - there would probably be a 4quid charge by royal mail
or something though...but it doesnt really matter because i dont
really want it tbh :~P - im not that into this whole thing! lol

right im off to bed now...its late so night everyone!

-|- awave

On 08/07/06, Thomas Clayton <topcatdrc at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear a-|-wave:
>
> It's 100 US$ - PURE guess! I find it noteworthy that you equate
> that to 60 Great Britain Pounds (GPB) whcih is what I thought the
> pseudo-L meant. [Where does he find that on a keyboard??? ;-(  ]
> Are you sure of the conversion rate? (ballpark / football pitch is
> close enough!)
>
> Anyway, I'll actually get a TRUE (US Postal) shipping cost if you
> give me A REAL (if only an approximate - like Westminster
> Cathedral) UK address for the postal service to 'punch in' to their
> terminal.
> BTW, N.W. suburb of Chicago, IL, USA for me. Find Chicago. Find
> O'hare Airport NW of center of city. I'm in far NW corner of Des
> Plaines just North of O'hare.
>
> Why would an e-bay item (US-based) be cheaper? - or would it be a
> UK-based one you're talking about?
>
> Lastly, IF .. I DO something crazy .. and post it to you;
>  THEN you'll pay ANY V.A.Tax - since I haven't the FOGGIEST of
> ideas of what that would be.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Thomas F. Clayton
>
>
> --- -|- awave <veganalex at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > To Thomas,
> >
> > yeh i'm in england - the money discussion was meaning that if it
> > cost
> > about AU$100 to ship it to me, and that was about £60GBP - then
> > it
> > would be hardly worth it really....you can get a p1 for that
> > much-ish
> > on ebay so...but the 286 cpu would be better than the 8086 so its
> > tempting but i have no way to pay and its rather un-economical
> > aswell.
> >
> > ok right - veganalex is what i used to call meself - my name is
> > alex
> > and i am vegan...so it went nicely till some other vegan's called
> > alex
> > decided to come and use the same username is some places - and
> > then
> > awave stands for first letters in first name (a)lex - and then
> > the
> > surname (asterisked out ;) ) - (wa)******* (ve)*********** (not
> > right
> > letters...so no guessing =D lol - and the -|- is decoration so..
> >
> > -|- awave
> >
> > On 06/07/06, Thomas Clayton <topcatdrc at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > Dear veganalex:
> > >
> > > Are you in England (as I thought) OR in Australia - or
> > elsewhere???
> > >
> > > (Your money discussion leads me to wonder ..  .)
> > >
> > > What's "veganalex" that you chose it as a 'screen name'?
> > >
> > > My thought about the PS/2 25-'286 was to find it a 'good' home
> > - as
> > > one says about orphans. Anyway, for GEM 'work', it'd be
> > > appropriate.  multi-ple 30MB HDDs used one at a time
> > >
> > >
> > > Friends of mine got a second one at the same time as I did. I
> > > wonder what they did with theirs?
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > >
> > > Thomas Clayton
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- veganalex <veganalex at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > hmm....yeh i'd love that....dunno what its like but yeh i'd
> > love
> > > > it...i could no-way afford to pay over $100 (US/AUS?) - so
> > thats
> > > > about
> > > > £60 (GBP)...hmmm....i could actually get one off ebay for
> > less
> > > > than
> > > > that i thinks...so nope sorry dude!
> > > >
> > > > hope you find someone that does want the computers ;)
> > > >
> > > > veganalex
> > > >
> > > > PS. - is there a java dos environment for mobile phones
> > > > (preferably
> > > > sony ericsson), i would love to work on something like this
> > to
> > > > have
> > > > gem running on a phone (weird it may be...but probably rather
> > > > useful
> > > > ;) )
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 21/06/06, Thomas Clayton <topcatdrc at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > > Dear Veg:
> > > > >
> > > > > In my case, an IBM PS/2 Mdl 25-286 was the first
> > PC-compatable
> > > > > BOUGHT(!). (I'd had PC-PCs and PC-XTs in the house earlier.
> > > > They
> > > > > were scavenged from dump-bins - the 30ft x 12ft x 8ft tall
> > > > 'trays'
> > > > > that fit onto truck trailers - from firms moving out of the
> > > > office
> > > > > park.) Still have it but not for much longer! What would it
> > > > cost to
> > > > > get it to you, I wonder? ~40lbs to England. Over 100$, I'd
> > > > guess.
> > > > > Oh well. Loved to have found a GOOD home for it.
> > > > >
> > > > > Got a PS/2 55sx upgraded to an 80488x2 MCA system as well.
> > Its
> > > > > going, too, fairly soon.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > TomC
> > > > >
> > > > > --- veganalex <veganalex at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > hmmm...i know that it would have cost a hell of
> > alot...but
> > > > that
> > > > > > does
> > > > > > secure it that it was the total wrong computer at the
> > time to
> > > > > > buy...but its happened...and it can't be changed
> > > > now...so....i'll
> > > > > > have
> > > > > > a good look on it when i get it out in the autumn (far
> > too
> > > > hot to
> > > > > > be
> > > > > > playing with old eletricals that could end up going up in
> > a
> > > > pile
> > > > > > of
> > > > > > smoke because of the heat!), to find a date of
> > purchase/date
> > > > when
> > > > > > made.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > hehe that's a difference of...47years! - thats a big age
> > gap
> > > > > > anyway
> > > > > >
> > > > > > veganalex
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 21/06/06, Peter Green <pspete1 at pnc.com.au> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  G'day!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  I had an Amstrad briefly, but can't remember if it was
> > a
> > > > 1512
> > > > > > or a 5086.
> > > > > > > Both were sold in Australia. Someone rescued it from a
> > skip
> > > > and
> > > > > > passed it on
> > > > > > > to me, but I sent it off soon afterwards to some
> > recycling
> > > > or
> > > > > > charity
> > > > > > > organisation because I had no use for it. It worked,
> > but
> > > > wasn't
> > > > > > a patch on
> > > > > > > my 286 with an SVGA monitor and a 40MB HDD. I also have
> > > > 5-1/4"
> > > > > > floppies
> > > > > > > containing Amstrad's GEM (v1.2?), but got those
> > separately.
> > > > I
> > > > > > sent the
> > > > > > > content of these disks to Robert Avis (anyone know what
> > > > became
> > > > > > of him?) who
> > > > > > > posted them to his site.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  I was interested to hear that Amstrads were sold in
> > the US
> > > > > > under the
> > > > > > > Sinclair brand. My first contact with Sinclair was
> > through
> > > > a
> > > > > > semi-kitform
> > > > > > > stereo amplifier, which used an unconventional audio
> > output
> > > > > > system.
> > > > > > > Unfortunately, it was not protected against high
> > current
> > > > draw
> > > > > > under no load
> > > > > > > conditions, and one channel spectacularly died when a
> > > > speaker
> > > > > > lead was
> > > > > > > accidentally dislodged.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  386 computers were certainly becoming available here
> > by
> > > > around
> > > > > > 1987, as I
> > > > > > > remember an exhibition in that year of computers and
> > the
> > > > use of
> > > > > > computers at
> > > > > > > the Theological College I was attending, and a couple
> > of
> > > > > > students were
> > > > > > > already using 386-based machines. Back then, though,
> > even a
> > > > 286
> > > > > > was worth
> > > > > > > about a fortnight's salary for an average professional
> > > > > > (engineer, architect
> > > > > > > etc) which hindered the uptake of the 386.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  When the 386sx came out, which was able to use a
> > variant
> > > > of
> > > > > > the less
> > > > > > > complex architecture of the 286-style motherboard, it
> > > > became a
> > > > > > quite viable
> > > > > > > purchase.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  I'm one of the older contributors, I think... 60 this
> > > > year.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  Peter
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  Thomas Clayton wrote:
> > > > > > >  Dear Veganlex:
> > > > > ...<cut out>...
> > > > >
> > > > > Sincerely,
> > > > >
> > > > > Thomas Clayton
> > > > >
> > > > >
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