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  Happy ZX Vega+ Dispatch Day everyone! deKay <andyk@lofi-gaming.org.uk> - 2018-05-08 11:02 +0100
    Re: Happy ZX Vega+ Dispatch Day everyone! shaunb@cruise.co.uk - 2018-05-08 03:18 -0700
    Re: Happy ZX Vega+ Dispatch Day everyone! Shaun Bebbington <shaun@square-circle.co.uk> - 2018-05-08 05:21 -0700
      Re: Happy ZX Vega+ Dispatch Day everyone! Shaun Bebbington <shaun@square-circle.co.uk> - 2018-05-09 02:30 -0700
        Re: Happy ZX Vega+ Dispatch Day everyone! Shaun Bebbington <shaun@square-circle.co.uk> - 2018-05-31 02:04 -0700
          Re: Happy ZX Vega+ Dispatch Day everyone! Duncan Snowden <duncan_s@talktalk.net> - 2018-08-04 23:16 +0100
            Re: Happy ZX Vega+ Dispatch Day everyone! "Chris" <chris.usenet@mail-filter.com> - 2018-08-05 19:20 +0100
              Re: Happy ZX Vega+ Dispatch Day everyone! Duncan Snowden <duncan_s@talktalk.net> - 2018-08-07 17:26 +0100
                Re: Happy ZX Vega+ Dispatch Day everyone! "Chris" <chris.usenet@mail-filter.com> - 2018-08-14 18:29 +0100

#4622 — Happy ZX Vega+ Dispatch Day everyone!

Yay! It's finally September 2016.

deKay
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#4623

On Tuesday, 8 May 2018 11:02:54 UTC+1, deKay  wrote:
> Yay! It's finally September 2016.
> 
> deKay
> -- 
>  Lofi Gaming - http://lofi-gaming.org.uk
>  Gaming Diary - http://lofi-gaming.org.uk/diary
>  Blog - http://lofi-gaming.org.uk/blog     
>  My computer runs at 3.5MHz and I'm proud of that

Leeeeeroooyyyy Jenkins!!!!

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#4624

On Tuesday, 8 May 2018 11:02:54 UTC+1, deKay  wrote:
> Yay! It's finally September 2016.
> 
> deKay
> -- 
>  Lofi Gaming - http://lofi-gaming.org.uk
>  Gaming Diary - http://lofi-gaming.org.uk/diary
>  Blog - http://lofi-gaming.org.uk/blog     
>  My computer runs at 3.5MHz and I'm proud of that

Let me hear a "HELL YEAH!"

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#4625

I'm looking forward to all of those un-boxing videos on the YouTubes. It'll be EPIC. RCL will finally have the last laugh. Or something.

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#4638

On Wednesday, 9 May 2018 10:30:30 UTC+1, Shaun Bebbington  wrote:
> I'm looking forward to all of those un-boxing videos on the YouTubes. It'll be EPIC. RCL will finally have the last laugh. Or something.

My mittens are waiting...!

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#4674

On Thu, 31 May 2018 02:04:30 -0700 (PDT)
Shaun Bebbington <shaun@square-circle.co.uk> wrote:

> On Wednesday, 9 May 2018 10:30:30 UTC+1, Shaun Bebbington  wrote:
> > I'm looking forward to all of those un-boxing videos on the
> > YouTubes. It'll be EPIC. RCL will finally have the last laugh. Or
> > something.  
> 
> My mittens are waiting...!

... aaand the Sinclair licence has been revoked. There are eight of
'em up on eBay already.

Oh dear.

-- 
Duncan Snowden.

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#4675

On Sat, 4 Aug 2018 23:16:06 +0100 da kidz on comp.sys.sinclair were rappin'
to MC Duncan Snowden:

> On Thu, 31 May 2018 02:04:30 -0700 (PDT)
> Shaun Bebbington <shaun@square-circle.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > On Wednesday, 9 May 2018 10:30:30 UTC+1, Shaun Bebbington  wrote:
> > > I'm looking forward to all of those un-boxing videos on the
> > > YouTubes. It'll be EPIC. RCL will finally have the last laugh. Or
> > > something.  
> > 
> > My mittens are waiting...!
> 
> .... aaand the Sinclair licence has been revoked. There are eight of
> 'em up on eBay already.

I think I read only 36 had been confirmed to be delivered (and they
are all apparently shoddy prototypes).

So about 20% of all Vega+s are on eBay.

Personally I would have waited for it to have boiled over and then
stuck it on eBay as a L@@K R@RE Sinclair ZX Vega+ - Early Vega+,
only ~36 made, genuinely rare item.  And then sat back and watched the
nutters overbid for it.

As a weird piece of history, in future times this might be a
sought-after item.  But when they've just delivered some and nobody
_really_ knows for sure* if they will deliver more, and the 2nd hand
market is "flooded" with them?  Nah.  You'll be lucky to make back
what you paid for it.

Chris
* OK, we do know: they won't unless forced to do so, and if they do
they will still be shoddy prototypes, except this time with the
Sinclair logo scratched out.


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#4676

On 5 Aug 2018 19:20:06 +0100
"Chris" <chris.usenet@mail-filter.com> wrote:

> Personally I would have waited for it to have boiled over and then
> stuck it on eBay as a L@@K R@RE Sinclair ZX Vega+ - Early Vega+,
> only ~36 made, genuinely rare item.  And then sat back and watched the
> nutters overbid for it.

I was thinking exactly the same thing. Have you seen what Gizmondos
(Gizmondoes? Gizmondi? Gizmondae?) go for these days?

Fact is, apart from the buttons and the shoddy case edges... and the
easily-scratched screen cover... and, er... where was I going with this?
Oh yeah... the actual internals do seem to *work*. More or less. The
imperfections are probably fixable. Which isn't much consolation if
you've waited two years for one and it's turned out to be a load of
shoddy old junk, but in ten years' time it might be quite a desirable
bit of retro kit itself.

I almost wish I'd backed it, actually. Almost.

-- 
Duncan Snowden.

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#4679

On Tue, 7 Aug 2018 17:26:10 +0100 da kidz on comp.sys.sinclair were rappin'
to MC Duncan Snowden:

> On 5 Aug 2018 19:20:06 +0100
> "Chris" <chris.usenet@mail-filter.com> wrote:
> 
> > Personally I would have waited for it to have boiled over and then
> > stuck it on eBay as a L@@K R@RE Sinclair ZX Vega+ - Early Vega+,
> > only ~36 made, genuinely rare item.  And then sat back and watched the
> > nutters overbid for it.
> 
> I was thinking exactly the same thing. Have you seen what Gizmondos
> (Gizmondoes? Gizmondi? Gizmondae?) go for these days?
> 
> Fact is, apart from the buttons and the shoddy case edges... and the
> easily-scratched screen cover... and, er... where was I going with this?
> Oh yeah... the actual internals do seem to *work*. More or less. The
> imperfections are probably fixable. Which isn't much consolation if
> you've waited two years for one and it's turned out to be a load of
> shoddy old junk, but in ten years' time it might be quite a desirable
> bit of retro kit itself.

Yep.  It looks like they've started developing it and run out of
money.  So you've basically got a Spectrum in a cardboard box which
somebody has drawn buttons on.

Chris


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| Unsatisfactory Software    @_unsatisfactory |
|   http://www.unsatisfactorysoftware.co.uk   |
| Your Sinclair: A Celebration  @YourSinclair |
+-- http://www.yoursinclair.co.uk ------------+

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