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Reply 360 of 1353, by sliderider

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Kahenraz wrote:

ATI Radeon 7500 for $880. Yes, you have to pay for shipping too:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ATI-Radeon-7500-PCI-G … =item3a91581f99

You know why? That card was made for an Alpha server and won't work in anything else. They're not so common for Alpha machines, especially in PCI. There's also an AGP version for an Alpha on there for $375 BIN.

Here's another PCI for $1350

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-DEC-Compaq-Alphase … =item1e8541bdae

Reply 362 of 1353, by borgie83

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IBM Active Response Keyboard for the cheap US price of $99,999! + $5.89 Shipping of course

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00004 … 8&condition=new

Btw, anyone ever used this keyboard before?

Reply 363 of 1353, by Sutekh94

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borgie83 wrote:

IBM Active Response Keyboard for the cheap US price of $99,999! + $5.89 Shipping of course

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00004 … 8&condition=new

Btw, anyone ever used this keyboard before?

I personally haven't, but knowing IBM, it should be a pretty good quality keyboard. Probably not worth $99,999 though. 🤣

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Reply 367 of 1353, by obobskivich

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borgie83 wrote:

IBM Active Response Keyboard for the cheap US price of $99,999! + $5.89 Shipping of course

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00004 … 8&condition=new

Btw, anyone ever used this keyboard before?

I think those are the keyboards they gave out with systems in the late 1990s or early 2000s - they're nothing remarkable. Not bad by any means, but Microsoft and Logitech have produced things of similar quality. They aren't the Model M or anything legendary like that.

Reply 368 of 1353, by Anonymous Coward

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I have four of those floppy to SCSI converters. Are they worth anything? As far as I can remember they can be configured to work with just about any kind of floppy drive.

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Reply 372 of 1353, by carlostex

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DonutKing wrote:

Someone should tell him that it's not the complete set, he's missing number 4, and this lowers its value dramatically 😜 🤣

Well said, but in reality what really should lower the price dramatically is the 1987 LSL1 is not included. Does anyone actually prefer the 1991 VGA remake?

Reply 377 of 1353, by sliderider

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2fort5r wrote:

Some of these may be scams: buy crap item from your bro for $$$ and charge the cost to company/government expenses, that sort of thing. Or else money-laundering/tax evasion scams of some sort.

I was thinking the same. Using ebay to move money from one country to another. It may even be ISIS terrorists fund raising for all we know.

Reply 378 of 1353, by 2fort5r

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Yes, who knows? I'm not a lawyer but this kind of thing is suspicious. These people may not be as dumb as they appear.

If you wanted to transfer a large amount of money to another person without arousing suspicion from the authorities, 'buying' a worthless item for a high price might be a way to do it. Overpriced artworks and antiques would also work. Who actually decides what the 'real value' of these things are?

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