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Offline Megaweapon

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« on: Sun, 05 December 2010, 10:56:31 »
SOLD OUT!

[strike]Price: $30

iMate specs: http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imate

Driver for OS X newer than 10.3.9: http://code.google.com/p/imate-osx/ (not required by OS X 10.6)

Condition

New in box.  Some dust and shelf wear, but I guarantee against D.O.A.

Payment

I accept money orders and cashier's checks in USD.  Buyers outside the lower 48 United States will need to be seasoned Geekhack members.

I do not accept PayPal.

Shipping

Free to the lower 48[/strike]

« Last Edit: Wed, 30 March 2011, 09:36:58 by Megaweapon »
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Offline mr_a500

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« Reply #1 on: Sun, 05 December 2010, 13:39:10 »
Pity - I'd get one, but I would want to pay with PayPal.

Money orders in $US would cost me $10 extra and are a bit of a hassle to send.
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Offline Megaweapon

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« Reply #2 on: Fri, 04 February 2011, 15:12:40 »
Just sold one of these to a forum member.

Still have plenty left.
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Offline ricercar

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« Reply #3 on: Fri, 04 February 2011, 20:52:10 »
Ygpm
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Will you trade?
« Reply #4 on: Sat, 05 February 2011, 09:46:37 »
Willing to trade an almost brand new IBM Model M -OR- A recently cleaned "like new" ML4400 with Trackball, OR Dell 101. Please let me know. Would love to be able to use my AEK II w/ my pc. =)
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Offline Megaweapon

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« Reply #5 on: Sat, 05 February 2011, 19:11:47 »
Quote from: pcross;290257
Willing to trade an almost brand new IBM Model M -OR- A recently cleaned "like new" ML4400 with Trackball, OR Dell 101. Please let me know. Would love to be able to use my AEK II w/ my pc. =)


PM me pics of both and I will consider.

Thanks
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Offline Megaweapon

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« Reply #6 on: Sat, 19 February 2011, 17:22:05 »
These have been quite popular lately:  Just two left!
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Offline Megaweapon

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« Reply #7 on: Thu, 03 March 2011, 18:50:00 »
Only one left, now!

Fun fact:  I looked it up on archive.org a while back and Griffin's original MSRP for the iMate was about $5 more than I'm charging.
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Offline False_Dmitry_II

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« Reply #8 on: Fri, 04 March 2011, 00:02:07 »
Wow, for some reason I thought it would've been less than that originally.

I'll also post it here: these do work great in Win7 x64. Therefore they also work in Vista x64, and probably anything else that allows USB keyboards. Also, in "Devices and Printers" it even comes up by name "iMate, USB to ADB Adaptor" though I'd prefer they said it the other way because that isn't what it is doing.
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Offline theferenc

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« Reply #9 on: Fri, 04 March 2011, 00:58:14 »
Well, technically it is adapting the USB port on your computer to be an ADB port. Or, flipped around, it is adapting an ADB device to plug into a USB port.

It's all perspective.
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« Reply #10 on: Fri, 04 March 2011, 01:22:12 »
I am moving from my house in the US TO Ireland. In this statement you would never think that the US is the new location. That's an example that shows there is an inherent directionality in the word 'to'. It can't be used that way. You never go from the destination to the origin.

USB [device] to ADB [device] implies that I could use a USB keyboard or mouse in an old apple computer. I'm pretty sure it cannot operate in this manner.
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Offline Ascaii

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« Reply #11 on: Fri, 04 March 2011, 02:14:05 »
hmm...interesting. How much would shipping be to me in 12103 Berlin, Germany?
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« Reply #12 on: Fri, 04 March 2011, 08:35:11 »
Dmitry, what I'm saying is, you're looking at from the perspective of the device. The computer is likely looking at it from the perspective of the port.

For the port, it is a USB to ADB adapter.

For the device, it is an ADB to USB adapter.

See how it works now? It really depends on which side it is "integral" to. If it's part of the device, it's one direction. If it's part of the computer, it's the other.
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Offline Megaweapon

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« Reply #13 on: Fri, 04 March 2011, 14:23:16 »
Quote from: Ascaii;304767
hmm...interesting. How much would shipping be to me in 12103 Berlin, Germany?


$20
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Offline False_Dmitry_II

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« Reply #14 on: Fri, 04 March 2011, 16:19:15 »
Quote from: theferenc;304853

For the port, it is a USB to ADB adapter.

See how it works now? It really depends on which side it is "integral" to. If it's part of the device, it's one direction. If it's part of the computer, it's the other.


I guess, but without a device in play there is never a reason from the computer to use/have/utilize an adapter.

Quote from: Megaweapon;305058
$20


You just knew that offhand?
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Offline Megaweapon

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« Reply #15 on: Fri, 04 March 2011, 17:48:05 »
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You just knew that offhand?


This isn't my first time at the rodeo.
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Offline Ascaii

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« Reply #16 on: Fri, 04 March 2011, 18:03:07 »
50$ total then...hmm

send a pm my way and we can talk about payment methods
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Offline BlackFalcon448

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« Reply #17 on: Sat, 05 March 2011, 23:12:42 »
Hi, Just registered on this forum to post this. Anyway, I was wondering if you had already sold all of the imates as I just acquired an AEKII and would like to be able to use it with my macbook.

-Chris
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Offline Megaweapon

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« Reply #18 on: Sun, 06 March 2011, 11:49:07 »
Quote from: BlackFalcon448;306011
Hi, Just registered on this forum to post this. Anyway, I was wondering if you had already sold all of the imates as I just acquired an AEKII and would like to be able to use it with my macbook.


I still have one iMate left, however Ascaii has expressed interest in it.

If that falls through I will PM you.
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« Reply #19 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 14:35:37 »
Pm'd. If you dont mind me asking, why do you not accept paypal?
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Offline Megaweapon

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« Reply #20 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 20:44:57 »
BlackFalcon also backed out.

Still one iMate remaning!
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« Reply #21 on: Thu, 10 March 2011, 16:42:56 »
You've got PM!
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