I think the price ($500) won't be achievable in NZ, but it's an interesting auction.
An original, unopened 8" floppy version of MS-BASIC
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Computers/Vintage/auction-353593181.htm
Gibsaw wrote:Ok... Now the guy really is dreaming.
$5000?!! It'd need to be the original paper tape from Paul Allen's trip to MITS to fetch that.
Gibsaw wrote:http://www.trademe.co.nz/Computers/Vintage/auction-360703178.htm
tezza wrote:Yes, interesting item.
I see this as a genuine investment collectors item, purchased in the sole hope it will increase in value over time. For an investment, software doesn't (yet) seem to be offering the returns classic boxed and unopened hardware does so it's a bit of a gamble I think. Mind you it is Microsoft Basic and it is on 8 inch disks.
I'm not sure there are all that many true investment collectors operating in the vintage computer section of TradeMe. Software is easily posted. If I was the seller, I'd be looking at e-bay for this one.
XOR wrote:
The devil is in the details for this particular item.
Although the seller claims to have obtained his copy in 1975, he's actually selling version 5.21 of the MS-BASIC Interpreter (which wasn't released until mid-1983).
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 93 guests