[WarpCast] OS/2 eBay Report - 8/16/99 |
Coming August 1999 -- Inet.Mail Pro 1.5 Virtual domains on a single ip address, increased performance, and more from the best mail server for OS/2. http://www.hethmon.com -- sales@hethmon.com ****************************** WarpCast ****************************** Source: Timur Tabi (Timur_Tabi@Dell.com) Moderator: Dirk Terrell (admin@os2ss.com) Moderator: Christopher B. Wright (wrightc@dtcweb.com) ********************************************************************** Every Monday, I'll be reporting on OS/2-related items for sale on http://www.ebay.com and the comp.os.os2.marketplace newsgroup. Even if you're not thinking about buying anything OS/2 related, you might find something that catches your interest. Looks like Yahoo's auction website is getting more popular. Unfortunately, the signal to noise ratio is extremely low. Maybe they should be called "Yoyo! Auctions" instead. On Yahoo! Auctions (http://auctions.yahoo.com/27743-category-leaf.html?&alocale=1us&acc=us) you'll see a very small listing of OS/2 software. You'll also see lots of listings for items that have nothing to do with OS/2. Besides various versions of OS/2 for sale, it looks like someone is STILL trying to sell his "Talk Thru for OS/2", which appears to be some kind of cross-platform terminal emulator (e.g. VT100) On eBay, there are several copies of OS/2 2.x, Warp 3, Warp 4, and Lotus applications available for sale. There are also a number of OS/2 books available. One in particular that I've never heard of is "OS/2: A Business Perspective" by Dick Conklin. There's also an old issue of OS/2 Monthly. In the software category, we have: Micrografx Draw for OS/2, Relish Organizer, IBM DualStor Tape Backup, Comm Manager/2, IBM InfoROM CD-ROM, and Drive Image 2.0. For the collector, we have a ton of stuff: an OS/2 cotton jacket, a white polo shirt, about a dozen different lapel/hat pins from various sellers, a patch, and a key ring. This is definitely the week to stock up on OS/2 collectible items. I recommend you buy as many as you can and wear them to Warpstock. For programmers, we have some Borland C++ books, Brief 3.1 for DOS and OS/2, a couple programming books, IBM C Set++, and an old IBM C/2 compiler (could be useful for device drivers). On comp.os.os2.marketplace, we have: some free copies of OS/2 2.x and some old programming tools, and various versions of Warp 3 and Warp 4 for sale. There's also an announcement of a Wireless Data Kit for laptops from Extreme Computing. To find these items, I use the URL http://www.deja.com/[ST_rn=ps]/qs.xp?ST=PS&QRY=&defaultOp=AND&DBS=1&OP=dnquery.xp&LNG=ALL&subjects=&groups=comp.os.os2.marketplace&authors=&fromdate=&todate=&showsort=date&maxhits=25 Those of you looking to sell your OS/2 related stuff, I strongly recommend you put it on eBay or Yahoo! Auctions and post an announcement on comp.os.os2.marketplace. If you include the word "OS/2" in the title of your description, I'll see it and include it in the next report. If you're looking for OS/2 items on eBay, search on the phrase ("OS/2",OS2), including the parentheses. I use the URL http://search.ebay.com/cgi-bin/texis/ebay/results.html?maxrecordsPerPage=50&ht=1&query=%28"os%2F2"%2Cos2%29&minPrice=&maxPrice=&ebaytag1=ebayctry&ebaytag1code=0&SortProperty=MetaStartSort&SortOrder=%5Bd%5D ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe, unsubscribe, or for more information on WarpCast, visit: http://www.warpcast.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------