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candidate for the " All Time Crazy Bids" award... Message #1 Posted by Hans Brueggemann [GER] on 10 June 2002, 10:59 a.m. http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2029223615 (EUR 404 = USD 360) cheers, hans 'though it seems to be madness, there is some method in it' (w. shakespeare, hopefully correctly quoted)

Re: candidate for the " All Time Crazy Bids" award... Message #2 Posted by John Smith on 10 June 2002, 11:18 a.m., in response to message #1 by Hans Brueggemann [GER] I don't think it's a particularly 'crazy' bid at all. If you have the money to spend and you want the item so much, there's nothing illogical in bidding such amounts of cash for it. As an example, I'm sure you've read in the papers that such and such celebrities have spent an incredible amount of money buying this or that stupid thingy, an amount no one with less money would dare to consider. But if you are a really big spender and it catches your fancy, then why not ? It's just a matter of scale, not of logic. Also, the item itself if very, very tempting to any HP collector or former synthetic or M-CODE programmer, don't you think ? The bottom line is, I think it's worth the final high bid, and just you wait and see how many simoleons will be paid for a much less rare PPC ROM module for the HP-41C/CV/CX in a year or two.

Re: candidate for the " All Time Crazy Bids" award... Message #3 Posted by Dave on 10 June 2002, 2:07 p.m., in response to message #1 by Hans Brueggemann [GER] If that one is crazy, then what would you consider this one??? http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2029223615

Re: candidate for the " All Time Crazy Bids" award... Message #4 Posted by Chris Catotti (Forida) on 10 June 2002, 2:39 p.m., in response to message #3 by Dave Crazy ... ? I paid $305 for my HEPAX with 16K RAM two years ago, and it did not come with manuals. That took hunting and searching ebay for a year. By far, it is my most valuable (and I use it) HP-related item. It allows copying a ROM image, 4K at a time (I can do three 4K images) to RAM in the HEPAX, and run them as if they are installed. I have an original sales flyer from VM Electronics, and EduCALC catalogs. The catalogs have a list price higher than these bids. Mine will never be for sale or trade, but I may list it specifically in my will.

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