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Subject: Re: Collector's Corner..The Motorola 68000 Processor

Author: Steve B

Date: 10:26:27 01/21/05

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>>Really?  It's not terribly handsom -- cheap plastic board and pieces (Silver and
>Black).

well ,beauty is in the eye of the collector
but lets not start disussing the "Beauty" topic again
i spent all day and night answering/defending my post yesterday about "Beauty"
in chess programming
:)


> But I do have the original box and manual (which is the Excel 68000
>manual, for model 6094).  In fact the box it shipped in is an Excel 68000 box.
>The only clue that's its a Mach II LA is the model number (6097).

you must have an early Mach II
the box should have an indication on it that it is a Mach II with the LA
tournament program

look at my Mach II here:

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cpaa2@sbcglobal.net/detail?.dir=3353&.dnm=b8ce.jpg&.src=ph

however you do have the right model number so you are good to go

>
>I did pay a pretty penny for it at Labate's Chess Center in Anaheim, CA.  I'm
>amazed that I might be able to get that much money out of it.
>
>Do you have a ballpark estimate of it's likely value?
>
>Thanks a million.  (I won't do any surgery on it.  I promise!)

ok since you promised..

the trick here will be to post your computer on EBAY and make it availalbe to
German buyers
you will have to ship WORLDWIDE
you should get close to $350 for it if not more,because there hasen't been one
on Ebay for quite awhile

by puttung the word "SCHACHCOMPUTER" in your auction title..this will enable
German Ebayers to grab your auction when they do a search

The Germans LOVE Fidelity computers and you will grealty increase the number and
dollar amount of the bids you would receive

you can set a "reserve price" of say $300
this means that if you do not receive a bid equal to  or greater then $300 then
you dont have to sell the computer so you have nothing to lose
noone will know your reserve price other then you
Ebay will take a small fee,i think it is 4% of the final selling price,but i
cant say for certain as i have never sold anything on Ebay but of course i have
won many auctions

Best
Steve






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