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Title: Unicomp for $20 (new hampshire)
Post by: SamirD on Sun, 11 October 2015, 21:18:11: http://nh.craigslist.org/sys/5219588284.html

The seller is willing to part with the Unicomp alone for just $20! I'd be all over that if I was local.
Title: Re: Unicomp for $20 (new hampshire)
Post by: fohat.digs on Sun, 11 October 2015, 21:21:02: Wow, that is nice! and cheap!

Somebody in the NE region needs to take a road trip.
Title: Re: Unicomp for $20 (new hampshire)
Post by: SamirD on Sun, 11 October 2015, 21:51:58: Yep! I thought it would help someone out that wanted one. I know I would have grabbed it if it was local.
Title: Re: Unicomp for $20 (new hampshire)
Post by: rowdy on Mon, 12 October 2015, 05:08:55: Ironic that he went out of his way to build a quiet computer, and pairs it with a buckling spring keyboard :))
Title: Re: Unicomp for $20 (new hampshire)
Post by: SamirD on Mon, 12 October 2015, 07:43:40: I never understood the 'quiet' computer thing. If I wanted to work in silence, pen and paper has always been quiet. Efficiency has its price.
Title: Re: Unicomp for $20 (new hampshire)
Post by: Touch_It on Mon, 12 October 2015, 18:50:02: Quote from: rowdy on Mon, 12 October 2015, 05:08:55
Ironic that he went out of his way to build a quiet computer, and pairs it with a buckling spring keyboard :))

You get a quiet computer so you can better enjoy the blissful noise of buckling spring in all its glory.
Title: Re: Unicomp for $20 (new hampshire)
Post by: rowdy on Mon, 12 October 2015, 20:57:49: Quote from: Touch_It on Mon, 12 October 2015, 18:50:02
Quote from: rowdy on Mon, 12 October 2015, 05:08:55
Ironic that he went out of his way to build a quiet computer, and pairs it with a buckling spring keyboard :))

You get a quiet computer so you can better enjoy the blissful noise of buckling spring in all its glory.

:))
Title: Re: Unicomp for $20 (new hampshire)
Post by: SamirD on Mon, 12 October 2015, 23:22:49: Quote from: Touch_It on Mon, 12 October 2015, 18:50:02
Quote from: rowdy on Mon, 12 October 2015, 05:08:55
Ironic that he went out of his way to build a quiet computer, and pairs it with a buckling spring keyboard :))

You get a quiet computer so you can better enjoy the blissful noise of buckling spring in all its glory.
Ah yes, how could I have forgotten!
Title: Re: Unicomp for $20 (new hampshire)
Post by: ander on Wed, 14 October 2015, 04:22:14: I emailed him as soon as I saw this, but he never replied, so I guess he sold it.
Title: Re: Unicomp for $20 (new hampshire)
Post by: SamirD on Wed, 14 October 2015, 18:42:26: Quote from: ander on Wed, 14 October 2015, 04:22:14
I emailed him as soon as I saw this, but he never replied, so I guess he sold it.
Bummer, but I didn't think it would have lasted that long either.
Title: Re: Unicomp for $20 (new hampshire)
Post by: dorkvader on Fri, 16 October 2015, 20:39:36: Quote from: ander on Wed, 14 October 2015, 04:22:14
I emailed him as soon as I saw this, but he never replied, so I guess he sold it.

I'll try again since I live close by.