14 Sep
1999
14 Sep
'99
10:45 a.m.
Best Used By : After almost everyone had discarded them, Rad Shack dumped
all software, and the repair techs shook their heads when they saw one come
into the repair depot.
Neil Morrison
email:morrison@t-iii.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Smith [SMTP:eric@brouhaha.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 11:59 AM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: Expiration dates for computers? (was Re: Unopened
classic...)
morrison(a)t-iii.com wrote:
IMHO, the best possible use for a Mod II/12 and
esp. for the external
floppy
drive box, would be to make computer thieves have
to carry it repeatedly
up
and down the stairs of a multi story building!
Then maybe they'd keep
their
hands off other peoples property. (Some idiot
actually STOLE one of
these,
way past it's useful date!!!)
Hmmm... I just bought a couple of Model IIs from someone a few months
ago.
I hadn't realized that they were past the "best used by" date, since I
didn't see one stamped on it anywhere. :-)