25 Aug
2023
25 Aug
'23
9:06 a.m.
On 8/25/2023 9:46 AM, Gavin Scott via cctalk wrote:
I feel like people are over-thinking the Apple 1
thing.
Apple made a lot of people rich, and I think the number of rich Apple
people who want to be able to throw parties and say stuff like, "Oh,
yes, that's my Apple I that I paid a million dollars for."
substantially exceeds the number of extant Apple I systems.
I don't think this phenomenon is applicable to very many other products.
G.
I agree, this is it. Because the Apple 1 is an absolutely awful
computer to use. It's about on par with a Sinclair ZX80. Someone else
mentioned contemporary S-100 (micro) or DEC machines (mini).. at least
those were real machines, still interesting to use today. There's
nothing interesting about using an Apple 1 (IMHO). The Apple II, a
whole different story.