9 Dec
1998
9 Dec
'98
6:03 p.m.
Well, it may
just be a case of marketing in a popular journal, but
NONE of the above appeared on my radar screen as a curious teenager
A lot of them are UK/European designs -- the MK14 was essentially a
Sinclair product, the Nascom was a UK machine (that begat the Gemini
Now, I don't want to start another silly Europe .vs. USA flamewar. And I
's why I avoid discussions about 'first', 'best' and just stick to
techy facts - and fact is I turned to Europe for support for an
Atari St ( >10yrs ) in the late eighties when support was drying
up here, like ST Format mag - hey, here's the Maastricht treaty
on an St disk, heh. Buying software (Lemmings, Stealth Fighter)
was my first trans-atlantic cc transaction went very smoothly,
thank you.
States. But I am truely suprised that the Altair
should be 2 orders of
magnitude (at least) more valuable than any of the above.
Debates on 'value' is another volitile subject - just look at the
book or radio collectors. Whether a book has a dot on the
'i' on page 39, line 13 or not can grotesquely alter the value
to someone. Most people think that's crazy!
Chuck
cswiger(a)widomaker.com