Date   : Mon, 27 Jan 2014 22:34:46 -0000
From   : john.abbey@... (John Abbey)
Subject: Torch Graduate

Thanks Anders - I hadn't found that.  All I've seen is a photo so I've no 
idea what the condition is, but that eBay item makes it look like there are 
people that still like this stuff.

Regards,
JohnA.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Anders Carlsson
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 10:31 PM
To: 'BBC Micro Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Torch Graduate

I don't know to what extent it helps, but there was an untested Torch
Graduate on eBay in August 2013. There were three bidders at ?200+ and it
eventually sold for ?239:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161088013335

Of course it doesn't mean it would bring that kind of money every time,
perhaps it was a fluke that three people were interested in the same item.

Best regards

Anders Carlsson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Abbey" <john.abbey@...>
To: "'BBC Micro Mailing List'" <bbc-micro@...>
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 11:10 PM
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Torch Graduate


> Thanks Chris.  That's the site I found to confirm it was a Graduate.
> Suspect you're absolutely right about "dedicated" though - It's not like
> you
> can use it to run Elite faster!
>
> JohnA.
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Chris Whytehead
> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 9:55 PM
> To: 'BBC Micro Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Torch Graduate
>
> For A bit of Torch Graduate see
> http://acorn.chriswhy.co.uk/8bit_Upgrades/Torch_Graduate.html, there is a
> brochure, a review and the User Guide there as well.
>
> However I can't help you with a valuation, I suspect that only the more
> dedicated BBC enthusiasts would want one these days, after all who wants
> to
> run MSDOS 2.11!
>
> Chris
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> bbc-micro-bounces+christopher.whytehead=ntlworld.com@...
> [mailto:bbc-micro-bounces+christopher.whytehead=ntlworld.com@...
> .uk] On Behalf Of John Abbey
> Sent: 27 January 2014 21:29
> To: BBC Micro Mailing List
> Subject: [BBC-Micro] Torch Graduate
>
> Hi all,
>
> Normally I restrict my posts to things like Chuckie Egg, but this time I'd
> like an opinion or two about some hardware.  Today a friend of of mine
> showed me a photo of a small Beeb collection.  It had the usual kind of
> stuff - Model B, a nice Cumana disk drive and Cub monitor.
>
> But also there was what looked like a Torch graduate - I suspected it was a
> second processor and confirmed it using a search engine.  The picture was
> cropped on that side so I could only see the left side of the device, but it
> was the correct shape, size and colours.  Google tells me it's an 8088
> second processor that runs MS-DOS 2.11, but that's pretty much all I can
> find out! Any more information or experiences with this kit would be
> interesting.
>
> The reason I was shown the photo (sorry, don't have a copy to post for you)
> was because they wanted to know the value (probably eBay value) of the gear.
>
> I have absolutely no idea what the use, collectability or value of a Torch
> Graduate is these days - any ideas?
>
> Regards,
> JohnA.