Date   : Mon, 11 May 1992 09:34:12 -0400
From   : Jay Sage <sage@ll.mit.edu>
Subject: Last Call on Surplus Software and Hardware

I think I have given people long enough to express an interest in the
surplus items in the collection of the Zi/Tel Group of the Boston
Computer Society.  This is the last notice I will publish.  These items
can be yours in return for a contribution to help fund user group
activities.  You may communicate an offer in any of the following ways:
 
    (1) by leaving a message on the Zi/Tel BBS in the Boston area
        at 617-965-7046 (or 617-965-7785 to limit access only to the
        USR Courier HST modem on line 2)
    (2) by leaving a message on Jay Sage's Z-Node at 617-965-7259
        (logon password is DDT)
    (3) leaving GEnie mail for JAY.SAGE
    (4) sending email to Jay Sage on Internet at the following
        address: sage@ll.mit.edu
    (5) sending postal mail to Jay Sage at
                1435 Centre Street
                Newton, MA 02159-2469

The email methods (first four methods above) would be best.  When it
comes time to send money, send a check payable to "BCS ZI/TEL" to the
Newton Centre address listed above.

Now for the inventory of items!
 
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The hard-sectored diskettes for NorthStar computers have all been spoken
for, but there are still some other hard-sector diskettes available.
 
     18   boxes of 8" 32-sector hard-sector diskettes
      7   boxes of 5.25" 16-sector hard-sector diskettes
 
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Some of the miscellaneous hardware remains.  Much of it will be
discarded or stripped for parts very soon.
 
     1    Soroc 135 terminal
     1    Kaypro that needs work (loose connector in power supply is
            part of problem, certainly good for parts)
     1    mint condition Kaypro 2 with ComRiter diasy-wheel
            printer, original manuals
     1    Osborne 1, condition unknown

These items probably make sense only for people in the greater Boston
area who can pick them up from me.  I took the broken Kaypro down to
Trenton, but the person who had asked for it never showed up to claim
it.  I am about to pull out the disk drives and chuck the rest.
 
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There are still quite a few copies of WordStar 3.30 and MailMerge 3.31
in sealed, shrink-wrapped boxes, originally for Apple CP/M.  Many
copies already found their way to new homes with satisfied owners.  The
rest will soon be given to the trash collectors.  There might be a few
other MicroPro items left.
 
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There are still a few application paks for the HP-41 calculator.  I
don't remember which they are.  Ask if you have any interest.

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Someone at Trenton took one copy of each of the Sony SMC-70 software
packages.  These are probably not worth the cost of shipping anywhere,
but if you have an interest, now is the time to speak up.  I am going to
throw away the remaining copies at my next opportunity (perhaps after
pulling out the 3.5" diskettes for reuse and seeing if the binders could
be put to any good use).