[comp.sys.ibm.pc] MODEM 4 SALE.

Jason_Husbands@isishq.UUCP (Jason Husbands) (03/19/88)

HI THERE. I HAVE A PARROT 1200 BPS MODEM FOR SALE.
AUTO ANSWER/DIAL FUNCTIONS AND HAYES COMPATIBLE.
IT COMES WITH THE CABLES OWNERS MANUAL AND A DISK WITH THE TERMIAL 
PROGRAM. (PROCOMM)
IT WAS A PRESENT FROM THE STATES AND IT WON'T HOOK UP TO MY COMPUTER. 
(COCO). IT GOES FOR $199 DOWN THERE. I'M ASKING THE SAME DUE TO I HAVE TO 
GET $$$$ TO BUY A 1200 BPS MYSELF. THANX AND LEAVE E-MAIL
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dick@slvblc.UUCP (Dick Flanagan) (03/19/88)

In article <1988Mar19.092521.20018@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu> tj@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Terry Jones) writes:
> In article <47.224205AA@isishq.UUCP> Jason_Husbands@isishq.UUCP (Jason Husbands) writes:
> >HI THERE. I HAVE A PARROT 1200 BPS MODEM FOR SALE.
> >IT WAS A PRESENT FROM THE STATES AND IT WON'T HOOK UP TO MY COMPUTER. 
> >(COCO). IT GOES FOR $199 DOWN THERE. I'M ASKING THE SAME DUE TO I HAVE TO 
> >GET $$$$ TO BUY A 1200 BPS MYSELF. THANX AND LEAVE E-MAIL
> 
> Nothing too personal but......
> You have got to be kidding...
> $199 for a 1200 baud???
> I can buy a 2400 baud from a Guelph store for $249.
> I can buy a shitty 1200 baud for $99.
> I can buy a decent 1200 baud for $149-$199
> 
> You sir, are on drugs...

And you, sir, are obnoxious!

Dick

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tj@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Terry Jones) (03/19/88)

In article <47.224205AA@isishq.UUCP> Jason_Husbands@isishq.UUCP (Jason Husbands) writes:
>HI THERE. I HAVE A PARROT 1200 BPS MODEM FOR SALE.
>IT WAS A PRESENT FROM THE STATES AND IT WON'T HOOK UP TO MY COMPUTER. 
>(COCO). IT GOES FOR $199 DOWN THERE. I'M ASKING THE SAME DUE TO I HAVE TO 
>GET $$$$ TO BUY A 1200 BPS MYSELF. THANX AND LEAVE E-MAIL
First:
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Jason_Husbands@isishq.UUCP... Unresolvable address Jason_Husbands < @ isishq >

Leave Email? when we can't resolve your address here in Toronto how
do you expect the rest of the world to...

Second: my response...

Nothing too personal but......
You have got to be kidding...
$199 for a 1200 baud???
I can buy a 2400 baud from a Guelph store for $249.
I can buy a shitty 1200 baud for $99.
I can buy a decent 1200 baud for $149-$199

You sir, are on drugs...
tj

berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu (03/22/88)

Maybe he was asking for $ 199 in Canadian currency.

(I think the price is excessive too.)

			Mike Berger
			Department of Statistics 
			Science, Technology, and Society
			University of Illinois 

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bradd@gssc.UUCP (Brad Davis) (03/25/88)

In article <47.224205AA@isishq.UUCP> Jason_Husbands@isishq.UUCP (Jason Husbands) writes:
>HI THERE. I HAVE A PARROT 1200 BPS MODEM FOR SALE.
>AUTO ANSWER/DIAL FUNCTIONS AND HAYES COMPATIBLE.
>IT COMES WITH THE CABLES OWNERS MANUAL AND A DISK WITH THE TERMIAL 
>PROGRAM. (PROCOMM)
>IT WAS A PRESENT FROM THE STATES AND IT WON'T HOOK UP TO MY COMPUTER. 
>(COCO). IT GOES FOR $199 DOWN THERE. I'M ASKING THE SAME DUE TO I HAVE TO 
>GET $$$$ TO BUY A 1200 BPS MYSELF. THANX AND LEAVE E-MAIL
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   Sorry, I need a modem that can do lower case letters too.

   Brad Davis

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