Reply to Jack

5 messages · 2007-06-05 → 2007-06-06 · Yahoo Group era · View archive on archive.org

Participants: george.orr1, Louis Florit, Timex

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1. Re: [ts2068] Reply to Jack

Louis Florit · Tue, 5 Jun 2007 09:48:

Welcome to the list, George.

Quite honestly, those items are so unique that setting a price for
them will be difficult.  I'll assume that they don't work, or finding
the media will be so difficult to be impractical.

Any 5 1/4 drive system for a TS2068 these days can pick up between
$100-$200 since they're rare as hens teeth.

Any way we could get pictures of these gems?  All I have seen of them
is fuzzy scans of them.

Regards,
Louis

On 6/5/07, george.orr1 <[email]> wrote:
> Jack replied to my question but it didn't come out here.  I replied
> back and it too doesn't come out here.  So, I thought I'd put my
> reply to Jack here in case anyone was interested:
>
> Hi Jack,
>
> I like the info on your site.
>
> Would you like a picture of the drive?  It's an actual Timex
> Sinclair dual drive system that was never released to the public.
> It consists of two 3 1/2" drives, one controller, and 1 power
> supply.  It says "Timex Sinclair" right on it. I'm hoping to find a
> multi millionaire collector who wants to give me a million bucks for
> it.  I have to split the million bucks with my friend.
>
> Years ago when he turned over all his cool stuff to me he said "You
> are now the official holder of the Timex Sinclair Empire".  A couple
> years later he asked for some back for his son, but not the best
> stuff.  He eventually sold what I gave back to him on E-bay for
> $800.00.  Anyway, a few months ago I told him that if I sold any of
> the stuff he gave me I would split it with him.
>
> gotta go
>
> George
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>


-- 
Louis Florit
AIM: lflorit MSN:[email] Y!: indygolunaria
GoogleTalk: [email]

2. Reply to Jack

george.orr1 · Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:26

Jack replied to my question but it didn't come out here.  I replied 
back and it too doesn't come out here.  So, I thought I'd put my 
reply to Jack here in case anyone was interested:

Hi Jack,

I like the info on your site.

Would you like a picture of the drive?  It's an actual Timex 
Sinclair dual drive system that was never released to the public.  
It consists of two 3 1/2" drives, one controller, and 1 power 
supply.  It says "Timex Sinclair" right on it. I'm hoping to find a 
multi millionaire collector who wants to give me a million bucks for 
it.  I have to split the million bucks with my friend.  

Years ago when he turned over all his cool stuff to me he said "You 
are now the official holder of the Timex Sinclair Empire".  A couple 
years later he asked for some back for his son, but not the best 
stuff.  He eventually sold what I gave back to him on E-bay for 
$800.00.  Anyway, a few months ago I told him that if I sold any of 
the stuff he gave me I would split it with him.

gotta go

George

3. Re: Reply to Jack

george.orr1 · Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:15

Well, I feel a little foolish.  It's not the disk drives that 
say "Timex Sinclair" it's the Modem.  The disk drives just 
say "Timex" and on the bottom say "TMX Portugal" and made for the 
Spectrum.  So, maybe the modem is worth more.  The modem wasn't 
released under the Timex Sinclair name but mine says "Timex 
Sinclair" on it.  I hope I got it right this time.  The photos came 
out lousy so I'm going to retake them with better lighting and a 
tripod so I don't wobble.

George

--- In [email], "Louis Florit" <florit@...> wrote:
>
> Welcome to the list, George.
> 
> Quite honestly, those items are so unique that setting a price for
> them will be difficult.  I'll assume that they don't work, or 
finding
> the media will be so difficult to be impractical.
> 
> Any 5 1/4 drive system for a TS2068 these days can pick up between
> $100-$200 since they're rare as hens teeth.
> 
> Any way we could get pictures of these gems?  All I have seen of 
them
> is fuzzy scans of them.
> 
> Regards,
> Louis
> 
> On 6/5/07, george.orr1 <george.orr1@...> wrote:
> > Jack replied to my question but it didn't come out here.  I 
replied
> > back and it too doesn't come out here.  So, I thought I'd put my
> > reply to Jack here in case anyone was interested:
> >
> > Hi Jack,
> >
> > I like the info on your site.
> >
> > Would you like a picture of the drive?  It's an actual Timex
> > Sinclair dual drive system that was never released to the public.
> > It consists of two 3 1/2" drives, one controller, and 1 power
> > supply.  It says "Timex Sinclair" right on it. I'm hoping to 
find a
> > multi millionaire collector who wants to give me a million bucks 
for
> > it.  I have to split the million bucks with my friend.
> >
> > Years ago when he turned over all his cool stuff to me he 
said "You
> > are now the official holder of the Timex Sinclair Empire".  A 
couple
> > years later he asked for some back for his son, but not the best
> > stuff.  He eventually sold what I gave back to him on E-bay for
> > $800.00.  Anyway, a few months ago I told him that if I sold any 
of
> > the stuff he gave me I would split it with him.
> >
> > gotta go
> >
> > George
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> -- 
> Louis Florit
> AIM: lflorit MSN:louis_florit@... Y!: indygolunaria
> GoogleTalk: florit@...
>

4. Re: [ts2068] Re: Reply to Jack

Timex · Wed, 6 Jun 2007 02:03:

Some modems got the Timex Sinclair label. Most got Westridge label.
Are those drives the Timex FDD/FDD3000?

Je

On Jun 5, 2007, at 9:15 PM, george.orr1 wrote:

> Well, I feel a little foolish.  It's not the disk drives that
> say "Timex Sinclair" it's the Modem.  The disk drives just
> say "Timex" and on the bottom say "TMX Portugal" and made for the
> Spectrum.  So, maybe the modem is worth more.  The modem wasn't
> released under the Timex Sinclair name but mine says "Timex
> Sinclair" on it.  I hope I got it right this time.  The photos came
> out lousy so I'm going to retake them with better lighting and a
> tripod so I don't wobble.
>
> George
>
> --- In [email], "Louis Florit" <florit@...> wrote:
>>
>> Welcome to the list, George.
>>
>> Quite honestly, those items are so unique that setting a price for
>> them will be difficult.  I'll assume that they don't work, or
> finding
>> the media will be so difficult to be impractical.
>>
>> Any 5 1/4 drive system for a TS2068 these days can pick up between
>> $100-$200 since they're rare as hens teeth.
>>
>> Any way we could get pictures of these gems?  All I have seen of
> them
>> is fuzzy scans of them.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Louis
>>
>> On 6/5/07, george.orr1 <george.orr1@...> wrote:
>>> Jack replied to my question but it didn't come out here.  I
> replied
>>> back and it too doesn't come out here.  So, I thought I'd put my
>>> reply to Jack here in case anyone was interested:
>>>
>>> Hi Jack,
>>>
>>> I like the info on your site.
>>>
>>> Would you like a picture of the drive?  It's an actual Timex
>>> Sinclair dual drive system that was never released to the public.
>>> It consists of two 3 1/2" drives, one controller, and 1 power
>>> supply.  It says "Timex Sinclair" right on it. I'm hoping to
> find a
>>> multi millionaire collector who wants to give me a million bucks
> for
>>> it.  I have to split the million bucks with my friend.
>>>
>>> Years ago when he turned over all his cool stuff to me he
> said "You
>>> are now the official holder of the Timex Sinclair Empire".  A
> couple
>>> years later he asked for some back for his son, but not the best
>>> stuff.  He eventually sold what I gave back to him on E-bay for
>>> $800.00.  Anyway, a few months ago I told him that if I sold any
> of
>>> the stuff he gave me I would split it with him.
>>>
>>> gotta go
>>>
>>> George
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Yahoo! Groups Links
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Louis Florit
>> AIM: lflorit MSN:louis_florit@... Y!: indygolunaria
>> GoogleTalk: florit@...
>>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>

5. Re: Reply to Jack

george.orr1 · Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:46

Jack enlightened me to another of my errors.  The drives I have are 
3" not 3 1/2".

George

--- In [email], "Johnny Red (Timex)" <timex.pt@...> 
wrote:
>
> Some modems got the Timex Sinclair label. Most got Westridge label.
> Are those drives the Timex FDD/FDD3000?
> 
> Je
> 
> On Jun 5, 2007, at 9:15 PM, george.orr1 wrote:
> 
> > Well, I feel a little foolish.  It's not the disk drives that
> > say "Timex Sinclair" it's the Modem.  The disk drives just
> > say "Timex" and on the bottom say "TMX Portugal" and made for the
> > Spectrum.  So, maybe the modem is worth more.  The modem wasn't
> > released under the Timex Sinclair name but mine says "Timex
> > Sinclair" on it.  I hope I got it right this time.  The photos 
came
> > out lousy so I'm going to retake them with better lighting and a
> > tripod so I don't wobble.
> >
> > George
> >
> > --- In [email], "Louis Florit" <florit@> wrote:
> >>
> >> Welcome to the list, George.
> >>
> >> Quite honestly, those items are so unique that setting a price 
for
> >> them will be difficult.  I'll assume that they don't work, or
> > finding
> >> the media will be so difficult to be impractical.
> >>
> >> Any 5 1/4 drive system for a TS2068 these days can pick up 
between
> >> $100-$200 since they're rare as hens teeth.
> >>
> >> Any way we could get pictures of these gems?  All I have seen of
> > them
> >> is fuzzy scans of them.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Louis
> >>
> >> On 6/5/07, george.orr1 <george.orr1@> wrote:
> >>> Jack replied to my question but it didn't come out here.  I
> > replied
> >>> back and it too doesn't come out here.  So, I thought I'd put 
my
> >>> reply to Jack here in case anyone was interested:
> >>>
> >>> Hi Jack,
> >>>
> >>> I like the info on your site.
> >>>
> >>> Would you like a picture of the drive?  It's an actual Timex
> >>> Sinclair dual drive system that was never released to the 
public.
> >>> It consists of two 3 1/2" drives, one controller, and 1 power
> >>> supply.  It says "Timex Sinclair" right on it. I'm hoping to
> > find a
> >>> multi millionaire collector who wants to give me a million 
bucks
> > for
> >>> it.  I have to split the million bucks with my friend.
> >>>
> >>> Years ago when he turned over all his cool stuff to me he
> > said "You
> >>> are now the official holder of the Timex Sinclair Empire".  A
> > couple
> >>> years later he asked for some back for his son, but not the 
best
> >>> stuff.  He eventually sold what I gave back to him on E-bay for
> >>> $800.00.  Anyway, a few months ago I told him that if I sold 
any
> > of
> >>> the stuff he gave me I would split it with him.
> >>>
> >>> gotta go
> >>>
> >>> George
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Yahoo! Groups Links
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> -- 
> >> Louis Florit
> >> AIM: lflorit MSN:louis_florit@ Y!: indygolunaria
> >> GoogleTalk: florit@
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
>