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    From Bob Alexander@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 21 06:08:33 2021
    There's a 7300 for sale on eBay. It's not mine.

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/124862980933

    (For people who are curious, long after the auction is over, he's asking $440 for a 7300 with no keyboard. It powers on but doesn't work - it doesn't even show the block characters. It's in Egypt, and shipping to the US is $230. He doesn't have a "Best
    Offer" option.)

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  • From J Booth@21:1/5 to All on Tue Aug 24 22:22:49 2021
    ohh yes, this guy in Egypt also has some other Convergent tech -- he currently has listed an old Convergent terminal:
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/124784506123
    and a Miniframe (similar in specs to the UNIX PC): https://www.ebay.com/itm/124784506114

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  • From Peter Schmidt@21:1/5 to J Booth on Wed Aug 25 04:20:26 2021
    On Wednesday, August 25, 2021 at 1:22:50 AM UTC-4, J Booth wrote:
    ohh yes, this guy in Egypt also has some other Convergent tech -- he currently has listed an old Convergent terminal:
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/124784506123
    and a Miniframe (similar in specs to the UNIX PC): https://www.ebay.com/itm/124784506114

    Not just similar - binary compatible. At one point I had a 3B1, a 7300, and a Miniframe, all linked together via multiple serial cables. That was, hmm - 30 years ago... (!)

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  • From J Booth@21:1/5 to All on Tue Aug 31 21:35:03 2021
    Not just similar - binary compatible. At one point I had a 3B1, a 7300, and a Miniframe, all linked together via multiple serial cables. That was, hmm - 30 years ago... (!)

    Ahh very interesting -- makes sense as they are both 68010 but never crossed my mind!

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to Peter Schmidt on Thu Aug 18 20:34:57 2022
    On Wednesday, August 25, 2021 at 4:20:28 AM UTC-7, Peter Schmidt wrote:
    On Wednesday, August 25, 2021 at 1:22:50 AM UTC-4, J Booth wrote:
    ohh yes, this guy in Egypt also has some other Convergent tech -- he currently has listed an old Convergent terminal:
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/124784506123
    and a Miniframe (similar in specs to the UNIX PC): https://www.ebay.com/itm/124784506114
    Not just similar - binary compatible. At one point I had a 3B1, a 7300, and a Miniframe, all linked together via multiple serial cables. That was, hmm - 30 years ago... (!)

    I had a 7300 and a miniframe, also connected by serial line. They could run the same binaries if you didn't use the 7300 shared library.

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