Apple Computer Collecting

Marvin: I have an Apple ][+, a //c, a //gs, a "Fat Mac", an SE/30, a IIci and a PowerMac (from my mother). I feel that this combination gives me the broadest cross-platform bridging so I can transfer software back and forth "across eras" if I need to. The IIci is also connected to my home network...I have "Services for Macintosh" running on my NT Server so I have the benefit to large archival space (and of course Internet connectivity on the IIci). I have Internet Explorer 2.8 running on the ci. Rich Rich Cini Collector of classic computers Build Master for the Altair32 Emulation Project Web site: http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/ /************************************************************/ -----Original Message----- From: cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Chandra Bajpai Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 10:46 PM To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' Subject: RE: Apple Computer Collecting My vote goes for anything in the Apple Lisa line...especially if it's running LisaOS 7/7. For it's day it was ahead of it's time and it can trace it's lineage directly to the Xerox Alto. Trip Hawkins (Lisa Product Manager at the time) said the Mac is a cost reduced version of Lisa with some of the really advanced stuff cut out (e.g. real multitasking, VM etc.). Don't forget the Lisa team vs. Mac/Jobs team development wars...some of these items are archived at folklore.org. But I'm kind of biased...I'm a huge Lisa fan. -Chandra -----Original Message----- From: cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Marvin Johnston Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 5:55 PM To: ClassicCmp Subject: Apple Computer Collecting What in the Apple line of computers, etc. is worth keeping, i.e. hardware, software, documentation, and books? Besides the Apple I, are there any other "holy grail" type of items? I have several Apple printers including the Imagewriter and Imagewriter II. Are these as common as dirt so I don't have to feel bad about getting rid of them, or are they worth putting up on the Vintage Computer Marketplace? I *think* the only Apple IIx I don't have is the orginal Apple II and the "Black" Apple II+, and I would still like to keep one each of the II line. The only Macs I am keeping are the original 128K Macs, and maybe one of the 512K machines.