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orion70
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by orion70 » Fri Sep 09, 2016 4:59 am
Nobody buying? Really? I'm tempted to try a "make offer"
C'mon guys, it's cool!
mrr19121970
Vic 20 Nerd
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by mrr19121970 » Fri Sep 09, 2016 5:54 am
You need 2? I thought you'd prefer a migrogramma VIC20 1st.
orion70
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by orion70 » Fri Sep 09, 2016 6:00 am
ofc I would. But no one's selling me one sadly...
Meanwhile, I'm contacting this Italian seller who did a home-made case for his VIC + datassette:
http://tinyurl.com/j787vq9
orion70
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by orion70 » Fri Sep 16, 2016 8:50 am
orion70 wrote:
Nobody buying? Really? I'm tempted to try a "make offer"
C'mon guys, it's cool!
Relisted - and still nobody bought it. Sometimes I can't understand the VIC people...
orion70
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by orion70 » Thu Sep 29, 2016 5:39 am
mrr19121970
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by mrr19121970 » Thu Sep 29, 2016 5:53 am
Nice, someone must be thrilled. I only saw 2 before in Germany. One went for 200+ euros and the other went for 20 euros including a Microgramma VC20.
orion70
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by orion70 » Thu Sep 29, 2016 6:17 am
mrr19121970 wrote: ...and the other went for 20 euros including a Microgramma VC20.
this is f... luck.
mrr19121970
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by mrr19121970 » Thu Sep 29, 2016 6:45 am
Yes, it was a balls up by the seller. He wanted to end the aution as it contained an error. He selected end auction and sell to highest bidder. The 'winner' threatened him with a lawyer, so he had to send the kit.
Update
http://www.ebay.de/itm/121937544343
orion70
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by orion70 » Thu Sep 29, 2016 2:42 pm
Yep they look the same, and were described with a copycat text. Apparently, both were sold. My guess is, identical models, so the Tucson guy being lazy copied the German seller's description. Or maybe he just bought it, just to put it on sale two months later.
mrr19121970
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by mrr19121970 » Sun Apr 16, 2017 12:28 am
orion70
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by orion70 » Sun Apr 16, 2017 12:39 pm
VERY similar! Looks like a repainted and rebranded AM...
orion70
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by orion70 » Tue Nov 26, 2019 3:16 pm
Necro-bumping - I found a strange AM expansion device for sale in the UK,
HERE . Looks like a customized version, doesn't it?
srowe
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by srowe » Wed Nov 27, 2019 12:49 pm
By the looks of it, yes it's a home-made addition. The last photo is a bit out of focus but there looks to be a ribbon cable running from the DIP switches to under the PCB.