13 Oct
1997
13 Oct
'97
11:21 a.m.
They would have tp be packed (crated) *very* well, sealed, dessicant, and
insured for everything up to and including strep infection of the
motherboard. What if the people bang or drop the box?
Anyone going over in a sailboat?
manney
-----Original Message-----
From: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
To: Manney <Manney>
Date: Monday, October 13, 1997 5:44 AM
Subject: Re: CC> Vintage Computer Festival Exhibition Write
<Beaming in ten days later>
On Fri, 3 Oct 1997, e.tedeschi wrote:
and what about the SINCLAIR SPECTRUM = the most
sold and popular
computer ever produced in the world? I think it should be at least
listed in here!
I think "the most sold and popular computer ever produced in the world"
would be the Commodore 64. If we're talking about machines made by a
single manufacturer, anyway.
I've never, ever, EVER even come CLOSE to seeing a Sinclair Spectrum.
I've only seen pictures in magazines and on the web.
I'd love to find some of those Euro machines over here in Canada. Maybe
the North American readers should try to get a group together to order
Euro machines in bulk for shipment. All of the common ones and some of
the uncommon ones. We'd need the cooperation of the collectors in Europe,
of course.
There are tons of machines from Acorn I'd love to have/see, a few from
Sinclair, Oric, etc.
All I find over here are C64s, VIC-20s, Apple ][s, TI-99s, CoCos, and
occasionally a Kaypro.
If we shipped in bulk, and used actual ocean-going vessels for shipment,
how expensive would this kind of venture be?
Doug Spence
ds_spenc(a)alcor.concordia.ca