6 Jan
2003
6 Jan
'03
10:46 a.m.
You can blame me for the PC comment. I was speaking in relative terms. The
conversation at the time was centering on really valuable systems, and he
asked me about the PC. I said something like the typical IBM PC has little
collector value compared to, say, the Apple I. At the time, I thought it
wise not to get into the finer points of early-run PCs vs. later run models.
Sorry.
--Mike
Michael Nadeau
Editor/Publisher
Classic Tech, the Vintage Computing Resource
www.classictechpub.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh(a)aracnet.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 4:38 AM
Subject: RE: ./ does the Reuters article... :(
I read the Reuter's article earlier today (well
actually Sunday :^) What
really got me was the comment about the IBM PC having basically no value
from a collectors standpoint. I don't know who the person was the wrote
the article, but I don't think they get it. There is nothing at all
interesting about an IBM PC. If you've seen one, you've seen them all.
It
doesn't really matter to me if it was made 20+
years ago, or today. Of
course from the standpoint of actually using it, I'd obviously prefer
something modern and not the 20+ year old one :^) Me, I like both
interesting hardware and interesting OS's, but I'm mainly in it for the
OS's.
Zane
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