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(...) able to shred tissue paper (and fingers if you were not careful). Check out the prices on the cat sheet. DM270 for the motor kit. Back then you could get a LOT of Marks for a dollar (about 4 if I remember correctly) Even so, those were pretty (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Ralph, The prices quoted are in Austrian shillings. Check out the 'S' symbol for the currency and the listed adress in Wien(=Vienna). I don't know the exact exchange rate at the time, but I'm pretty sure there were several shillings to the German (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Thanks Arjen, In my haste, I didn't realize the importance of the S symbol, it would have been DM like in my Marklin catalogs...I guess I saw the German text and jumped to conclusions... Cheers, Ralph (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) exact (...) shillings (...) 1DM is about 7 Schilling (6.913) or 1 USD is app. 13.- Schilling (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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