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Timex Sinclair 1000

Don't have a cow d00d, just pullin' yer leg, I really do love 'em myself. But when ya leave yerself wide open, I just can't resist...(it's a character flaw).

--T
 
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I just reviewed completed listings on ebay. Looks like the TS-1000 runs about $20 or less. Still looks like the cheapest route would be continue to make bids on ebay. Be prepared to buy more than one and take the working pieces and put them together. Out of 4 that I have purchased on ebay, 2 of them had broken keyboard cables. They are made out of plastic strips that get extremely brittle over time. So, you open it up and find the strip has cracked.

Actually, they are made out of such cheap plastic, using them to prop up a couch or as a doorstop doesn't even work.
 
2 for $30 is actually on the high side. Frequently sold 2 or more at once, $20 being a high price. Some I saw sold for 4.95.
 
i have one id be willing to get rid of as soon as im done fixing it
has memory expander nib and most of the original box, manuals and cables.
how bout 10 plus shipping?
 
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I've got a very complete ZX 81 setup, NTSC, with programming manuals and about 30 cassettes and memory expansions and stuff. I've never hooked it up, though. I've been waiting for someone who was a speccy enthusiast; if you're interested, drop me a PM.
 
The ZX-81 and 1000's - working - boxed, and with good cassette software are worth more than $4.95 IMHO.

Plus you need a TV that can handle the signal, which is not always easy to find as new TV's are not set to display the 1000 / zx-81 output satisfactorily.

Anyway, once a person gets it all working properly, considering the effort they'll go through half the time to accomplish this, they'd be unwilling to part with their system for what amounts to the price of a a beer at your local bar.

Selling - Set up a system, take good pictures of the screen displaying a popular program in use, and include the memory expansion or other extras and you'll get more than $25 easy.

It's the untested units that are a crap shoot. Same goes for the Commodore Plus /4. These are another of the systems that are easy to find untested, but are rarely for sale described as "working" on Ebay.

This also emphasizes my side point that condition of the case is kind of a secondary thing, if the system does not work or is not repairable IMHO, when valuing it.

Bill
 
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