12 May
1997
12 May
'97
4:46 a.m.
On Mon, 12 May 1997, Roger Merchberger wrote:
I'm talking 90s born, bred, and dead. The CoCo3 was born and bred in the
80s. What system conceived in the 90s will likely become a classic? I
think Paul was definitely on track about the PalmTops (Newton, Pilot,
Psion, etc). Those are really cool machines. I have a Psion 3a that is
broken (just needs some repair work and it will be fine) that I was
planning on trading in for a 3c. Just now I thought back to when I had my
Aquarius with all the goodies and sold that and my Atari 2600 to trade up
to my first Apple ][+. I then realized how much I regretted that
decision, even to today. Does history repeat itself? Hmmm...guess it
depends on how much money I have when it comes time to make a decision on
the 3c.
Sam
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Computer Historian, Programmer, Musician, Philosopher, Athlete, Writer, Jackass
I think in 10
years there probably will be no memorable classic
computers worth collecting from the 90s. MAYBE the Mac portable, and I
can't think of anything else right off hand.
Speak for yourself, buckshot! ;^>
I can think of one *very collectible* system that was produced into the
90's: Try a Tandy Color Computer 3. They were produced into 1991/92, if
memory serves. Yes, an 8-bit machine that actually had viability (and
profitability) into the 90's!