Article-I.D.: bcsaic.345
Posted: Fri Oct 25 10:59:41 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 26-Oct-85 08:10:09 EDT
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Organization: Boeing Computer Services AI Center, Seattle
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After some agony and more money than I would have liked to have spent
(Have other people had bad experiences with Percom (and STC) repair?)
I have again a fully functioning TRS-80 III.  I repaired it in order 
to sell it as I now have a Macintosh.

1.  My first thought is to sell it.  How much is it worth?  It has two
double sided double density percom drives installed internally.  Also,
48K and RS232 extension.

2.  If what I could get is too low, I'm wondering what else I could do
with it as some sort of peripheral.  For example, is there any way to
[fairly easily and cheaply - communciation freeware or shareware 
availability] transform it into a bulletin board or news/mail
node?  Is it ridiculous to think of it as a possible print buffer for the
Mac?  How easy is it to connect the two?

3.  Barring both of the above, does anybody know about giving it away?
I'm curious what good that act could do to my taxes as well as what 
organizations or institutions might appreciate the computer.

Please send mail if you have a line on any of these questions.  Thanks
very much in advance.

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	Doug Schuler     (206) 763-5295
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