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A complete PCjr for $87 on e*ay
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gerrydoire
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Not sure how others shop on Ebay, but for me shipping is cut throat brutal.
So I tend to hold off on buying anything like that computer unless its in excellent condtion.
Good or bad, the shipping is still the same, so might as well spend more to get a better piece of hardware.
Ole Juul
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From the listing:IR bulbs don't last very long if they're constantly on (ie sitting on a remote will burn out the bulb from the heat). Replace the bulb and it'll probably work, though you could test it with any digital camera and place the IR towards your camera/LCD screen, press a key on the keyboard and you'll see the white light on your camera's lcd display.
For me that was the coolest thing I saw (besides how freaking clean the inside of the very tightly packed computer was) when I got my jr years ago from a store (gave it to me out of their basement). All the way across the room I could type via IR which would have been insane for the year it was released. Then of course I realized I couldn't read basic from 12 feet away and the coolness factor wore off but it was still neat :-D
For me that was the coolest thing I saw (besides how freaking clean the inside of the very tightly packed computer was) when I got my jr years ago from a store (gave it to me out of their basement). All the way across the room I could type via IR which would have been insane for the year it was released. Then of course I realized I couldn't read basic from 12 feet away and the coolness factor wore off but it was still neat :-D
QuantumII
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The listing ended now. Did any of you buy it ?
chuckcmagee
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That Chuck Magee guy did.
chuckcmagee
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Well, the good news is he is in Phoenix AZ and I am close to Vegas NV. It still ended up in the "pricey" range because I wanted it packed in 3 separate boxes in the hope that everything would arrive in one piece.
No, normally there is a CGA PC Jr monitor that goes with the Jr. It has a special weird cable that only the Jr used. Other than the weird cable, it was a standard IBM CGA monitor. They even sell cable conversions so you can use the monitor on any system you want.
No, normally there is a CGA PC Jr monitor that goes with the Jr. It has a special weird cable that only the Jr used. Other than the weird cable, it was a standard IBM CGA monitor. They even sell cable conversions so you can use the monitor on any system you want.