Msg: 282 *Conference*

07-29-91 20:44:07

From: KENT PETERSON

To : RICHARD HANSON

Subj: REPLY TO MSG #279 (I GOT A CHEAP 100!)

Hi Rick, The guy in the office just down the hall from me had heard that I'd
recently gotten a Model 200 and asked me if I'd be interested in the SuperRom
chip from his old 100. I said I was pretty sure that it wouldn't work in the
200 but my wife had a 100 and maybe we could work something out. Then the guy
said he really wanted to get rid of all his 100 stuff. (He'd become a manager
about a year and a half ago and had had that operation where they remove half
your brain to make you management material. He now thinks anything without a
five digit CPU isn't worth anything!) I offered him $100 and he said
"Really?!?" way too fast. I backtracked. Thinking quickly, I said, "This is a
102, right?" His face fell, "No, it's an old 100." "Well," I said, "I could
really only go to $75 for a 100..." "Deal" he said. And that was that.