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From: Robin Colgrove
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 1989 22:34

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Sigh.
I fear the time has come to part with another old friend.
I moved out of my tiny little basement hobbit hole of the
past many years, sold my 1969 BMW 2002 after 200,000 miles
and now my trusty old Rainbow 100 (version 1.01.11a, it says
upon bootup) sits forlorn and unused since my wife brought
home her shiny new Mac II...
It's the basic original, purchased in early 83, performed
flawlessly since then albeit only as a remote terminal and
platform for some assembler hacking.
Hard to imagine in this day and age but it's got:
64k RAM, no hard disk, no graphics card, just the basic
CPU, monitor, keyboard and cables.
Now, as you all know, it's a fine machine from a stupid corporation.
I would give it away to some needy nonprofit 'cept for the
nonstandard architecture. I'm not interested in haggling
and really don't have a clue about the true value of this bundle
but maybe you folks could clue me in.  
Anybody out there willing to give this fine old nag a good home?
What would be a fair and honest price?
sincerely,
robin

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