1 Jul
2005
1 Jul
'05
1:15 p.m.
On Fri, 1 Jul 2005 12:13:17 -0400
"'Computer Collector Newsletter'" <news at computercollector.com>
wrote:
Yeah, something smells fishy... I am looking at the
seller's other
auctions... one is for a old (early/mid-1990s) NEC tablet computer,
and he says it's "a great way to try out and play with a tablet PC" --
implying that it's a modern "Tablet PC" with the up-to-date Windows
apps, etc. -- and also that in order to "not disturb the original
packing, I did not test this item. I have every reason to believe it
works." His other auction is for a TRS-80 Model 3, and he emphasizes
that "I understand how important this item is to history." Geez, it's
not an Apple 1, it's a TRS-80, ya know? :)
Well, a TRS-80, if it's a model 1, and not a model 3, arguably is more
important to history than an Apple 1 (though far, far more common). The
Apple 1 was just one of a number of hobby circuit-board-only computers
on the market at the time. The TRS-80 was one of the first big
_successful_ computers people really used.