Ask HN: Anyone want to buy me a TRS-80 so I can make a sculpture of it?

Re:Ask HN: Anyone want to buy me a TRS-80 so I can make a sc... by HeyLaughingBoy on Thursday November 04, 2021 @05:01PM (#29112484)

Oh, if you knew the memories that brings back. At my first job, we had shelves of these things that we used for hardware testing. The owner had bought about 20 of them at auction dirt cheap. If one blew up, we just tossed it in the dumpster and pulled another off the shelf.

Unfortunately, I can't help you with dimensions.

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Re:Ask HN: Anyone want to buy me a TRS-80 so I can make a sc... by pkdpic on Thursday November 04, 2021 @05:23PM (#29112703)

As someone who didn't get to live through that era I'm always inspired by stories like this.

Would love to send you one when Im done!

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Re:Ask HN: Anyone want to buy me a TRS-80 so I can make a sc... by HeyLaughingBoy on Thursday November 04, 2021 @07:15PM (#29113609)

Thank you for your very generous offer. However, I'm not much of a collector, so it should probably go to someone who would appreciate it more.

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Re:Ask HN: Anyone want to buy me a TRS-80 so I can make a sc... by pkdpic on Thursday November 04, 2021 @08:31PM (#29114134)

No worries, but seriously once theyre sculpted I can crank out the concrete casts by the dozens. And theyre 1:6 (Barbie) scale so no insane space cost. In any case I really want them to go to folks workin in tech but no pressure : )

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