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Hello everyone!

I regret to inform you that I am forced to sell my entire collection... This is due to my upcoming surgery and as much as I love every single unit and/or part in it, reality is pretty harsh and I really have no other choice because these are most valuable items I have right now... So I prefer to sell it to forum member or members rather than go to ebay. This way I will know where they are and that thay are in good and loving hands. Many of the laptops, tablets and portables here are extremely rare and next to impossible to find. About 15-20% are listed in my signature below. I will be constantly updating this post and include as many units as I can muster because right now can not walk and once I get a little better will start making a comprehensive list of items. Because of the forum rules, I have to post some kind of asking price, so for now I will put it for the whole collection at $47 000. This is just a fraction of money I've spent on it over the years of collecting. But this is how much I need to stay alive today. This price does not include shipping cost as we are talking over 400-500 pounds of stuff including packing materials, boxes, batteries, Pelican cases, docking stations, manuals, software and power adapters. However, in case one person buys it, I will personally hire a van or truck and deliver everything anywhere in the continental USA for free. Please, let me know your thoughts about this and I will do my best to accommodate every single PM or question and transaction. I am willing to sell them one by one as well, but in this case you have to pay actual shipping and insurance costs and yes, I will ship internationally.
Some of the rarest and precious gems included in this collection are (ones in red color most significant models):

700T Type 2521 (Original thinkpad tablet)
710T
300
360P
360PE (2)
360
360C
360CE
360CS
360CSE (several)
500 (3 or 4)
PS/Note 425(2)
PS/Note 425C
PS/2 Note
600
600E
600X (2 or 3)
700 (2)
720 (2)
700C
701C (3) (butterfly)
701CS (3)
730T (2)
730TE (2)
750P (NIB, never used, all accessories)
820
860 (with rarest camera unit)
PC110 (2)
s30 (both Piano and Matte, Piano never used)
Transnote
IBM Dauphin DTR-1 (2)
W520 (QM 2720, 2000M, FHD IPS, 32Gigs, 20Gb Intel SLC Msata SSD, 180 GB Intel MLC SSD, 750 Gb Hybrid, all never used)
Z61T 14" (Titanium lid)
Z61T 15" (Titanium lid)
X200
X200T
X300
X301
Gridpad 1910 (first ever tablet)
Grid 2260 (first ever convertible)
GridPad 2050SL
Kaypro 2000
Fujitsu 325 point (4) (one of the very first tablets)
IBM 5140
IBM L40SX (2 OR 3)
Toshiba T1100 (the world's first mass-market laptop computer)
Toshiba T3100
Zenith SuperSport 286
Compaq SLT 286
Osborne One (original version)(first mass-produced microprocessor-based portable computer)
Apple Newton Messagepad (first model)
Poquet PC (3)
Atari Portfolio (3)
Epson HX-20 (3) (first ever "laptop")
Sinclair Cambridge Z88
ZX Spectrum 48 (original)
Sinclair ZX80
Sinclair ZX81 (3)
HP95LX
HP100LX
HP200LX (2)
Psion Series 3a
Psion Organizer II XP (2)
Sony Clie PEG-TH55 (brand new, in Rhinoskin aluminum hard case)
Apple Powerbook 170 (first ever Powerbook)
Getac V100 (2)
Getac E100 (6)
IBM PC Radio (2)
Dell Axim X50V (2)
Dell Axim X51V
Toshiba Libretto 50CT (2) (With docking stations)
IBM Workpad C3
IBM Workpad Z50 (2)
TRS-80 Model 100
Sharp PC1211
Sharp PC1500
Casio FX-700P
Alienware M11X R1
Sager Clevo D901C

And many, MANY other laptops, pocket computers and tablets.

Sorry to hear...especially after all that hard work to gather them. I'm half tempted to start buying mine back...

Hope all goes well with your surgery.

Thanks for your kind words and compassion! You are always welcome to PM me.

Wow, what an awesome collection. Best wishes for your recovery.

I'm sorry to hear about your surgery. I wish you all the best with your recovery...

Best wishes with the sale and your surgery.

some serious personal computer museum someplace should by this collection..

i'm wondering if there is a KSY or ASY TTY in that collection..? to talk to the IMSAI or Altair buss micro-computers..?
or how one would display them..

good luck with the medical issues..

BillMorrow wrote:i'm wondering if there is a KSY or ASY TTY in that collection..? to talk to the IMSAI or Altair buss micro-computers..?
or how one would display them..

In a motion picture with hormonal teens and potential world destruction?

As others, I wish the OP well with the surgery. I always joke that I would be buried with my TPs, but real life is serious.

BillMorrow wrote:some serious personal computer museum someplace should by this collection..

i'm wondering if there is a KSY or ASY TTY in that collection..? to talk to the IMSAI or Altair buss micro-computers..?
or how one would display them..

good luck with the medical issues..

Thanks Bill!

Unfortunately do not have IMSAI or ALTAIR yet, life changed my priorities now... But you know me... If I will ever get better I will get them and pretty sure will end up buying back my collection one by one as well...

Hi, sent you a PM!

Reply sent

Anyone interested?

Could you let me know your price for the W520?

W520 (QM 2720, 2000M, FHD IPS, 32Gigs, 20Gb Intel SLC Msata SSD, 180 GB Intel MLC SSD, 750 Gb Hybrid, all never used)

Also, you list it as an IPS screen, but I thought the FHD screens on these were not IPS, can you confirm?

I'm interested in a working IBM A30, A31, or A31p. Over 60 GB hard drive would be nice as well as 1 GB of ram, but anything that works and doesn't look like it was pulled by a truck down a gravel road I would be interested in. With PS and battery too.

This is for nostalgia only and will not be a system I do any serious work with. It does have to work though.

Good luck with your surgery. Have you had it yet?

How much for the entire lot?

I listed whole collection for $47 000 including delivery to the continental USA.

PM incoming. Thanks. Let me know.

Replies sent.

Wow, you've really got some great stuff here. I wish you the best with this sale and your upcoming recovery.

I just put my W520 for sale in separate post.

hi! i sent you a private message, but in case that didn't go through, i would like to purchase a couple of items.

First: I hope you're all right.

Second: So it was you that out bid me on the 750P!

Third: Do you have a Canon CE300 Camera for PC110? Docking station and floppy drive?

1. So far same, thanks
2. Yes
3. No

I have a new addition to my collection, hard to find Thinkpad 710T now

hope you will be healthy soon, best wishes!

Thank you!

I am sorry to hear about your illness. and I most sorry to hear about the crappy healtcare system US has. Person pays taxes and needs to sell his collection to to stay alive? And medicine is just huge business. Republicans can mock the nordic countries for all they like but at least there's some human dignity left and you don't go bankrupt in case you need some surgery.

Sorry for OT.

No, you'll just die waiting for it.

MikalE wrote:No, you'll just die waiting for it.

Yeah, of course. This is the argument and it is totally wrong

Obviousy you are not familiar AT ALL and while it is ok to be proud of your country, this is really the big shame of USA. I have been in USA many times and know personally quite a bit of people here and have few good friends and I can say that I know thing or two about the situation.

Sadly in the WHO lists US is amongst the last ones regarding peoples health. I don't want to start a war here but for any person with some common sense left OP situation is just so bad. Sadly many people clap along with the stupid healt system that gives big riches to medical businessmen in cost of peoples health.

You can reas Forbes to educate yourself a bit meanwhile: http://www.forbes.com/2008/04/07/health ... ealth.html

Hello Khipata,

I hope this message finds you well!

I have sent you a DM.

I am wondering about your machines; especially their display properties, as described in this post.

Best wishes,
Thomas