26 Jan
2023
26 Jan
'23
2:38 p.m.
I think companies treat their product as inventory items. Companies are not even meant to
last forever, whereas the expectations of museums is that they should. Moreover, the
excitement of acquiring a product with serial number 1 is coming from us, the consumers.
You expected the Radio Shack person you contacted to be as excited but that person does
not share the passion. Plus if he or she do, it will likely because they share the
passion. I think you should donate the machine to CHM or some museum that would make a
serious effort to store and showcase the item. If the item is more valuable to you then to
them then, if I were you, I would showcase it on a bookshelf, take some photos, and share
it to the world. The piece will eventually vanishes just like many serial number 1
products have sadly phased off, except for $$$$ Apple 1
Regards,
Tarek Hoteit
https://tarek.computer
On Jan 26, 2023, at 4:00 AM, Nigel Johnson Ham via
cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Companies don't care about history. It does not affect the next quarter's
sales. I had serial number 1 of a Radio Shack shortwave receiver and offered it to them.
I got a reply back, 'I'm sorry, we no longer support that model.'
cheers,
Nigel
Nigel Johnson, MSc., MIEEE, MCSE VE3ID/G4AJQ/VA3MCU
Amateur Radio, the origin of the open-source concept!
Skype: TILBURY2591
> On 2023-01-25 21:33, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
> Thank you for that link.
>
> As usual, the Vogons get credit for something that was accomplished in spite of the
Vogons.
>
>
> At one time, Apple had a historical exhibit. It ended with the Macintosh, with NO
provision for any future expansion.
>
> --
> Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com
>
>
>> On Wed, 25 Jan 2023, Tarek Hoteit via cctalk wrote:
>> Though it is not a source code, there is a nice article by a retired librarian
that used to work at Apple. Anna Mancini helped save a lot of material that Apple
discarded in the past. Anna talks about the Apple Archives at
https://annamancini.substack.com/p/how-the-apple-archive-ended-up-at
>>
>> Regards,
>> Tarek Hoteit
>> https://tarek.computer