Re: Vectors OS - was Atari Power supplies

There is a store near my house (in America) that sells arcade games - usually
at high prices. He's still in business after several years, so someone must
be paying :-) Anyway he wanted about $900 for Star Wars back in 1996 or so.
I went in the other day and asked about it (he didn't have one in the store
this time) and said it would run $1900-$2000 but he could get one. I was
a little upset that I hadn't got one a few years ago :-)

BTW, I've always wanted to visit Australia. Recently our Motorola rep
gave us a .mpg of a pager commercial they showed over there. HEhehehhe
you people have a great sense of humor!

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> The problem is the same in Australia.
> 
> I have an Asteroids in almost mint condition that I paid $900US for. Price
> is not the issue!!! Getting one is.
> 
> In two years of searching I have not been able to find a color vector. There
> is a Star Wars in the Blue Mountains on it's last legs as it is running 12
> hours per day. God knows what they've done to keep it going but it's looking
> pretty sick. The tech has said he has replaced the flyback about 5 times now
> - when I asked him with what as the parts a scarce he just said "With a
> compatible flyback. It's just a flyback"
> 
> Well, it's not compatible - you should see the weird stuff that's happening
> on the screen. Particularly the Death Star explosion - looks like the CRT is
> about to shatter
> 
> And another collector I know has a Star Wars.
> 
> There was one for sale in our Trading Post about 18 months ago - he wanted
> $1000US for it and as I had done a great job in finding some rare stuff by
> hunting in the country I thought "Nah! Too expensive!" and I have kicked
> myself ever since.
> 
> After 18 months of looking I would pay $2000US for one. Seriously!!!!
> 
> Apart from the odd Asteroids - every single piece of vector stuff was junked
> in the 80's.
> 
> I'm now looking at shipping stuff from the US. But it's hard - every cab has
> a dfifferent weight, shape and location, and the time it takes to get a
> quote from a shipping company seems to be about 2 weeks and it's gone.
> 
> Living in the US would be wonderful for me. Just on a short visit earlier
> this year I saw al sorts of classics still on location and earning money -
> and I wasn't even looking - I just ran upon them.
> 
> When you guys have Thanksgiving next year - REALLY give thanks!!!