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Extended IO Module (HP-82183) on eBay Message #1 Posted by Vassilis Prevelakis on 16 Apr 2003, 3:57 a.m. NIB, XIO? Wow Let's see how much this baby will fetch! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3018805880 **vp

Re: Extended IO Module (HP-82183) on eBay Message #2 Posted by Ellis Easley on 16 Apr 2003, 7:10 a.m., in response to message #1 by Vassilis Prevelakis I bought a few things from this seller about a year ago, he is a good guy. I think many of us would love to be in his position regarding the calculator equipment he is selling. He owns a machine shop and is interested in CNC machines and retrofitting non-CNC machines. I've seen him sell cutting lasers on Ebay! The calculator stuff he is selling on consignment for three guys who are scientists and engineers who are gadgeteers and are now all retired. They had gone in together on a warehouse to store their collections. Being older and wiser now, they apparently have decided they have better things to do and have made an arrangement with Bob to sell some of their stuff so they can move out of the warehouse. He gets first pick but isn't a calculator nut. I bought an HP97 in unknown working condition with case and two application pacs from him on Ebay, turned out to be OK. He told me about the stuff he was selling and I told him what I know about the calculators - pointed him to the Museum, though I don't know if he ever came here. I bought a few things from him off Ebay. I got a 41C card reader and a tape drive and some manuals. I asked him about ROM modules and described them, small black squares - he was afraid he might have thrown some away! I think this might happen a lot since the modules look so simple, people think they are just spacers or cabinet feet! I got my HPIL Development module with a group of HPIL parts plus odds and ends, the seller didn't list the module in the auction and didn't know what it was. I wrote and thanked him, told him the module was probably worth more than the rest of the parts! (I don't know if this is true but I am glad to have the module, I had given up on getting one.)

Re: Extended IO Module (HP-82183) on eBay Message #3 Posted by Malcolm Brooks on 16 Apr 2003, 8:35 a.m., in response to message #2 by Ellis Easley Thanks, I wanted that - I was hoping no one saw it. Oh well. Who wants to swap a IL devel rom for an Ext IO rom? Thanks Malcolm

Re: Extended IO Module (HP-82183) on eBay Message #4 Posted by Massimo Gnerucci (Italy) on 16 Apr 2003, 9:32 a.m., in response to message #3 by Malcolm Brooks Thanks,I wanted that - I was hoping no one saw it. Well, nobody... we were at least six: the three early bidders, Vassilis, you and me... :-) Actually it's rather optimistic that such items go unnoticed but I don't understand why all of these sightings here. Prices are already steep enough; if some of us, sometimes, misses one of such items I think it's not so bad. This is particularly true for misplaced items. I don't see why we should care for the latest high price, too. I think the majority of us is already screening eBay. I welcome posts such the one from Katye about hundreds of batteries available instead. This is a service towards the community. Massimo

Any predictions? Message #5 Posted by Dave Mabry on 16 Apr 2003, 2:37 p.m., in response to message #1 by Vassilis Prevelakis What do you think this Extended I/O module will bring? I can't remember prices from previous ones.

Re: Any predictions? Message #6 Posted by gene on 16 Apr 2003, 2:48 p.m., in response to message #5 by Dave Mabry last one was about $100. The extended IO didn't bring all that much. Gene

Looks like I was about right! :-) Re: Any predictions? Message #7 Posted by Gene on 21 Apr 2003, 8:19 p.m., in response to message #6 by gene I had guessed around $100. :-) Gene

Re: Extended IO Module (HP-82183) on eBay Message #8 Posted by Donald Leonard on 20 Apr 2003, 11:18 p.m., in response to message #1 by Vassilis Prevelakis O.K. guys, you can start picking on me now for being an idiot for paying such an exorbanant price for the Ext-IO module offered on ebay (payed $103), and contributing to the rediculous price escalation of HP-41 items. I am truly guilty - BUT in my defense I can only plead that I am NOT a collector, but still enjoy the great flexibility of this old 1980's system and ease of use. I play with it several times a week, not storing it in a case or on a shelf. Don

Re: Extended IO Module (HP-82183) on eBay Message #9 Posted by Vassilis Prevelakis on 21 Apr 2003, 1:58 a.m., in response to message #8 by Donald Leonard Donald Leonard wrote: > O.K. guys, you can start picking on me now for being an idiot for paying such an exorbanant > price for the Ext-IO module offered on ebay (payed $103) [...] Actually the price did not go as high as I expected. In fact since a knowlegable user (taytec) bid $101.01 I would think that $103 is not that far overvalued. Maybe this is an indication of more mature biding, but I think that it is more likely that the idiotic auction title ensured that few of the general eBay crowd noticed the auction. I am very glad that someone from this forum got this module. BTW if you need a high quality manual for this module, check the new MoHPC CDROM. I contributed a re-typeset version of the original manual. I thought that the original manual was such a let down compared with the software, that I scanned the text of the original manual (which was printed on a typewriter-style printer) and produced a new manual that looks more like the typeset HP manuals (e.g. the HP-IL module). Since the manual has been typeset from scratch, the PDF file is searchable and can be printed on a colour printer. **vp

Re: Extended IO Module (HP-82183) on eBay Message #10 Posted by Donald Leonard on 21 Apr 2003, 4:46 a.m., in response to message #9 by Vassilis Prevelakis Unfortunately I don't have a computer to access the web, read CDROM's or download stuff. I only have a gifted $100 WebTV set top box which has no CDROM or Hard Drive. Therefore I don't have access to any of that information. But I appreciate your leting me know that it is there. Perhaps someday it may be placed in an archive here in HTML. Don

Re: Extended IO Module (HP-82183) on eBay Message #11 Posted by db(martinez,california) on 21 Apr 2003, 3:43 p.m., in response to message #10 by Donald Leonard here in the big city the library has internet connections and the ability to print b&w versions of color pages. if you can do that where you live; maybe someone could send you a really long email attachment of the manual version that vassilis typed up.

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