"Original" IBM PC

Staggering! I'd better hang onto mine then. Could be a good retirement investment (-: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian King" <IanK at vulcan.com> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 9:33 AM Subject: RE: "Original" IBM PC HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! "...or 5.25" as they are sometimes called." You mean, by everyone else on the planet, even in metric-based countries? "This computer has been in my family for generations. I inherited the computer from my grandfather and my uncle originally purchased it...." Generations? The machine was introduced in 1981.... Whatever this guy's smoking, it's pretty serious stuff. Maybe *that's* worth $65K, for viable cuttings - not that I would know anything about that sort of thing, really -- Ian ________________________________________ From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of jim s [jws at jwsss.com] Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2011 12:28 PM To: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: "Original" IBM PC I'll take half what they are asking for all of my Pee Cees 250814364633 and it comes with 6" floppy drives. Phil? Disk Ferret material? Jim