2 Nov
1998
2 Nov
'98
8:53 a.m.
At 02:39 PM 11/2/98 -0800, you wrote:
At the 80386 introduction, there were
two firsts -- the Compaq Deskpro 386 and the IBM PS/2 80 (the Compaq was
first, as I recall). Those machines are borderline collectable, in my
opinion.
And when you look at the machines churned out by Gateway et al,
the composition of the parts inside the box changes day by day.
How can that be collectible?
I have stacks of early PCs in the basement just because I keep
telling myself I'll find a use for them someday, or that I'll
revive them enough to make them worthwhile charitable contributions
to someone, somewhere. My local mom-and-pop computer store says
they'd rather have me donate them to someone - because then
I'm on the the hook for subsequent charitable tech support. :-)
- John