Date   : Sun, 22 May 2011 14:54:25 +0100
From   : robert@... (Rob)
Subject: DDRC Boot Sale

On 22 May 2011 14:38, TIM FARDELL <tim.fardell@...> wrote:
> Anyone go to the DDRC boot sale this morning?

???

> Lots of BBC machines for sale, including what looked like a Model B but
was labelled "128K". That vendor had several machines, selling for ?5 each,
and disk drives, monitors etc.

A B+128 ! Sweet... I think I'm not alone in saying I'd have bought
that on the spot...

> I bought a nice-looking twin 3.5" drive for ?1 off him. Several other stalls
also had BBC bits, and I also saw lots of other nice vintage machines.
> Been disappointed by the lack of vintage home computers for the last few
years, but this year seemed to be a bumper one. If I'd had storage space,
I'd have bought an awful lot more stuff today.

Yups... not seen any Beeb stuff at any of the (very few) sales I've
been to lately..

Rob