[comp.os.cpm] Kaypro at a bargain - is it a bargain?

binder@fizbin.DEC.COM.UUCP (11/21/87)

I have just received a liquidator's catalog offering a Kaypro 1 with

Wordstar, for $200.00.  Would I be making a mistake to buy one?  I already
have an Apple //e with an Applicard, but it occurred that having a portable
CP/M machine would be nice.

Yes, or no?  Do I buy one?

Thanks,
Dick Binder   (The Stainless Steel Rat)

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binder@fizbin.DEC.COM (Smile at me, baby. Then duck.) (11/23/87)

Responses to my query tell me that it is most emphatically a good deal.  I
just phoned in my order.  I've also been asked to provide the info as to
where this liquidator is.

The whole deal is a Kaypro 1 with 64K, two serial and one Centronics ports,
two 390K drives, and WordStar software.  The source is COMB Direct Marketing
Corp., 1405 Xenium Lane, Minneapolis, NM 55441-4494.  The price is $199.00
plus $18.00 shipping plus 50 cents insurance.  Delivery is in 7-10 working
days.  If you want to order by phone, the number is 1-800-328-0609, and they
take Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express.

Thanks to you who responded.

- Dick Binder