If it seems I’m on a Pasopia7 kick recently, you’re right! It’s one of my recent favorites. I asked one of my friends who has a large collection, including many Pasopia7 games, if he had the manuals, and somewhat surprisingly to me, he didn’t. And then a few days later, this showed up on Mercari:
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This is a machine you can sometimes acquire at a fairly reasonable price, but anything besides the machine itself is at a premium, so I really lucked into this fair price for a complete lot! There is a lot going on here. First, the box is in quite good shape for its age, and the blue and red keyboard perimeter covers and keyboard labels are unused.
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The object of my hunt was the set of manuals, they number three: User’s Guide, Introduction to T-BASIC7, and Technical Manual. I don’t know if they are complete or not. They’re not in perfect condition but they’re pretty close. There doesn’t seem to be any handwriting and the pages are all even, just a bit of dirt on the covers is about all I could find.
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There were also some bonus items I wasn’t particularly looking for, but am glad to have: an issue of Maikon magazine, T-BASIC7 Handbook, and Useful Programs for the Pasopia7.
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Some light reading material for my copious amounts of free time!