30-12-2023, 04:07 PM
My name is Chris and I once upon a time was a member of the MUG in Adelaide that met in the Unley hall. Wow, that was a few years ago! I had several Microbees then, including a CIAB. As life does, I didn't value what I had then and systems came and went quite quickly. Then you get onto the PC bandwagon and have been there ever since.
I was browsing marketplace a few years ago and saw a CIAB advertised. My wife financed it for me as a birthday present and I put it into storage. Once I find them, I also have (I think I know where they are), the 3 Microbee cookbooks that Tom Moffat released.
Today I unboxed my Microbee CIAB. Still need to replace 3 RIFA capacitors in the PSU due to reputation and make a power/video lead to replace the missing one. But the system has never been used to the best of my knowledge.
It certainly is in pristine condition.
The backstory that I was told was that this unit was purchased, shipped to Antarctica (I think Casey Station), setup there as a spare word processor (hence the printer) but never used.
It was then brought back and sat in storage for many years.
I purchased it from a dealer who bought up the deceased estate.
I have about 20 pictures on the FB group
I was browsing marketplace a few years ago and saw a CIAB advertised. My wife financed it for me as a birthday present and I put it into storage. Once I find them, I also have (I think I know where they are), the 3 Microbee cookbooks that Tom Moffat released.
Today I unboxed my Microbee CIAB. Still need to replace 3 RIFA capacitors in the PSU due to reputation and make a power/video lead to replace the missing one. But the system has never been used to the best of my knowledge.
It certainly is in pristine condition.
The backstory that I was told was that this unit was purchased, shipped to Antarctica (I think Casey Station), setup there as a spare word processor (hence the printer) but never used.
It was then brought back and sat in storage for many years.
I purchased it from a dealer who bought up the deceased estate.
I have about 20 pictures on the FB group