21 Aug
1999
21 Aug
'99
7:09 a.m.
Sooner or later, someone will bring in a TI "Speak-N-Spell" which was one of
the most important mass-produced electronic toys of the '70's. Once they
become rare enough that they bring a good price, lots of plastic-packaged
electronics will appear, right along with those Ming-dynasty vases.
Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Duell <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Saturday, August 21, 1999 12:37 PM
Subject: Re: Re. imsai 2
> > I think that it's a load of crap. Old
computers for the masses.
Ruins it
> > for the rest of us. Next thing you know, the
Antiques Road Show will
have an
> > "antique computer" eposode.
>
> Um, from what I heard, someone on the Roadshow said within the last year
> that computers will become the next hot collectable. Someone locally
here
told me that
(I didn't see the show myself). So it's too late for fear,
move straight on ahead to loathing.
Certainly on the UK version of the programme, somebody brought along a
Sinclair calculator, and one of the 'experts' said that these machines
were becoming ever more collectable. I've never seen any electronic
equipment on the programme apart from that, though.
-tony