15 May
1998
15 May
'98
3:22 p.m.
There used to be a Blue book for used computers, monitors, printers and
such I think last one printed was in 1991 or 1992. My copies are in storage
in Houston I purchased one every year starting around 1987. I wish someone
would start another one.
At 08:06 PM 5/15/98 -0700, you wrote:
I used to
collect coins when I was a kid, and the Blue Book (wholesale
values) and Red Book (retail values) were my bibles. Coins had a pretty
good grading system, and you could find fairly reliable production data.
I don't know of anybody that has tried to do anything close to this for
computers.
I have "A Collector's Guide to Personal Computers and Pocket Calculators"
by Dr. Thomas F. Haddock that attempts to price old computers. They
don't do a very good job, though. According to the book, an Apple IIc is
worth $200 - $400 and a Lisa 1 is worth $50 - $150. To be fair, though,
the book is from 1993. Anybody know of anything more recent?
Tom Owad