ZX80 - was: SN76477N

[Jules Richardson]

Chuck Guzis wrote:
> On 11/10/2005 at 5:53 PM a.carlini at ntlworld.com wrote:
> 
> 
>>I have no idea about fair, and you are on the wrong side of the
>>pond for it to be worth my while trying to con you out of it
>>(although, if you're willing to pick up the shipping, do let
>>me know :-)), but the last couple I saw on ebay went for about
>>£200 or so. Back in the dot-com boom I saw one go for £400.
> 
> 
> I don't know if this would be particularly valuable to someone on the other
> side of the pond--it's the USA NTSC model, not the European PAL version.

Of course it's possible that makes it more valuable to a UK Sinclair 
collector because it's even rarer. Collectors often work in mysterious 
ways...

But yes, prices are silly - I mean 200 to 400 pounds for something the 
size of a piece of toast seems a little crazy :-)

Actually, there can't be many NTSC versions on the USA side of the pond. 
Presumably the machines didn't sell nearly as well in the US as they did 
in the UK. But whether they're collectable to US people is another 
matter...

cheers

Jules