>On 12/6/01 8:04 AM, James Elliott wrote:
>
>I have the opportunity to purchase a UMP2000 for under
>a 100 dollars. The catch is that on boot up, the
>following message appears: "This unit requires immediate
>repair. Factory calibration has been lost. It will not
>charge batteries until this problem is corrected." Other
>than that, it works fine. Is this a problem that should
>impede my quickly grabbing it up? Is it fixable?
Are you talking about this eBay item?
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1305653331
If so, who knows what the value will be in 4 days.
If memory serves, it costs $180 for Apple to fix a Newton. I would think
that you would want to consider that as part of your purchase price
determination.
The ad mentions: "Comes with serial and audio cables"
What audio cables?!
Makes me wonder if the person selling this device knows much about a
Newton devices.
Anyhow, I would exercise caution if you are considering buying this Newt.
It might have some other problems as well.
Sushi
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