29 Oct
1997
29 Oct
'97
9:39 a.m.
Bjorn:
Thanks for your reply! I wasn't meaning for that message to sound
sarcastic at all. When I re-read it, it kind of sounded that way. I
apologise if it did. Your story has just really stuck in my mind as being
amazing, and a very 1 in a million deal. I posted that message, in all
honesty, to find out who that was in hopes of creating some more
discussion of that machine. Very few if any of us have an Apple I, so I
thought maybe you may be able to elaborate on what you've found in your
exploration of the Apple I.
I'm in envy,
CORD
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On Wed, 29 Oct 1997, Bjorn T. Eng wrote:
Cord,
I believe that would be me :)
I didn't _find_ it in my basement though... It was given to me way back in
79 or 81 by my boss at the time, I've just had it stored away for years.
I'll be taking it out of mothballs when my current job deadline crunch
lets up a bit.
Bjorn Eng
On Wed, 29 Oct 1997, Cord Coslor wrote:
What struck me about this whole thing (i.e. the
rarity of the Apple I,
etc. (read below)) is that recently on this list I remember reading about
some guy that found one of the original Apple I's in his basement and was
requesting information on it, preservation techniques, how he should
repair it, etc., etc. Maybe we should see if he is still on this list and
see if we wants to sell it to you or I for just a bit less than the
$17,000 asking price on www.haggle.com and other places. Sounds good to
me.
Also, anyone has a v-tech Laser 50 for me yet, or know of any information
on V-tech's "Laser 310 Color Computer"??? The latter one I recently picked
up and never even heard about before. The Laser 50-- I am trying to find
one as I had one as a kid. Just a couple of neat, little, simple
computers.
Let me know,
CORD COSLOR
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On Wed, 29 Oct 1997, Kip Crosby wrote:
At 11:38 10/29/97 -0500, you wrote:
Just found this under the "Antique
Computer" Listing at Haggle.com....
someone's got an Apple 1 for sale... opening bid requested: $17,000.00.
Matt can say "laugh of the day," but a couple of years ago I did
authentication and provenance on one that sold for $12,000, the last one I
SAW sell went for $22,000, and there's one for sale in Southern California
(with Apple packaging, full paperwork and a signed letter from Jobs,) for
$30,000 -- it hasn't gone yet, but it will, probably to Japan. Yes, $17K
is (mildly) a deal.
AFAIK there are only about eighty of the little dears left, and think of
the number of people who want one. To tell the truth, in the last year or
so there's begun to be concern about counterfeiting.
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