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Bee-yoo-tee-full 10C on eBay
Message #1 Posted by Howard Owen on 25 Jan 2006, 11:31 p.m.

And only $59.00. Makes me queasy just looking at the pictures.

10C, only $59.00 BIN

Edited: 25 Jan 2006, 11:32 p.m.

      
Re: Bee-yoo-tee-full 10C on eBay
Message #2 Posted by Vassilis Prevelakis on 25 Jan 2006, 11:51 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by Howard Owen

at least there is no doubt that the pictures are original :-)

**vp

            
Re: Bee-yoo-tee-full 10C on eBay
Message #3 Posted by David Smith on 26 Jan 2006, 1:01 a.m.,
in response to message #2 by Vassilis Prevelakis

I don't know... looks like another person ripping off HPMUSEUM photos to me ;-)

      
Re: Bee-yoo-tee-full 10C on eBay
Message #4 Posted by Hal on 26 Jan 2006, 12:05 a.m.,
in response to message #1 by Howard Owen

Looks like it was (well) used in the space program...as a blast deflector. Or perhaps it spent some time on the bottom of the space shuttle (like during a re-entry). Hal :)

            
Re: Bee-yoo-tee-full 10C on eBay
Message #5 Posted by Namir on 26 Jan 2006, 1:20 a.m.,
in response to message #4 by Hal

Hal,

You are on to something .... perhaps it was used to collect comet dust (shown in the eBay picture) for the probe that just came backto earth???? If that's true, this baby can be worth millions!!!!!!!!!!

                  
Re: Bee-yoo-tee-full 10C on eBay
Message #6 Posted by Gerson W. Barbosa on 26 Jan 2006, 8:38 a.m.,
in response to message #5 by Namir

If such is the case, isn't it a real V'ger?

      
Re: Bee-yoo-tee-full 10C on eBay
Message #7 Posted by Vieira, Luiz C. (Brazil) on 26 Jan 2006, 12:53 a.m.,
in response to message #1 by Howard Owen

This babe deserves a better place to rest... in 'pieces'. (sig)

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Luiz (Brazil)

      
Re: Bee-yoo-tee-full 10C on eBay
Message #8 Posted by Namir on 26 Jan 2006, 1:24 a.m.,
in response to message #1 by Howard Owen

The folks at CSI HP say that the 10C in that auction has lepracy!

      
Re: Bee-yoo-tee-full 10C on eBay
Message #9 Posted by Howard Owen on 26 Jan 2006, 6:47 a.m.,
in response to message #1 by Howard Owen

Well, someone bought the poor thing.

It's odd, the case looks like it's been through hell, but the buttons are clean. And he claims it passes the self tests. Tsk.

            
Re: Bee-yoo-tee-full 10C on eBay
Message #10 Posted by Paul Brogger on 26 Jan 2006, 12:04 p.m.,
in response to message #9 by Howard Owen

I'm guessing an extended period of exposure to moisture (high humidity perhaps?) or maybe something caustic. It looks like the aluminum faceplate is extensively oxidized, with loss of ~50% of the black background. Someone has tried to fix that with a marker. (I recognize that from my own attempt to hide scratches on the face of the first HP-48 I disassembled -- oooops!)

If that is the case (very punny!), it's not surprising that the keytops look relatively unaffected. (What is surprising, however, is that it still works -- if indeed lots of moisture is the culprit.)

      
Re: Bee-yoo-tee-full 10C on eBay
Message #11 Posted by bill platt on 26 Jan 2006, 10:30 a.m.,
in response to message #1 by Howard Owen

Somebody, please archive these pictures somewhere!

It is a great example of the indestructibility of the voyagers...fantastic!

He even displays the self-test results--- a "10" in the middle of the display.

Edited: 26 Jan 2006, 10:30 a.m.

      
Re: Bee-yoo-tee-full 10C on eBay
Message #12 Posted by Les Bell on 26 Jan 2006, 10:40 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by Howard Owen

Looks like the worst case of youthful acne I've ever seen. Still, in a few years, it should grow out of it.

Best,

--- Les
[http://www.lesbell.com.au]

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