24 Aug
1999
24 Aug
'99
9:06 a.m.
> > the copy. I wonder how long before fake old
computers start to appear? I'm
> That would be this October, if you believe the scheduled shipping date
> for the new Imsai computers.
To me, a reproduction is not necessarily a fake. A
fake is a reproduction
that's being passed off as the original.
The Imsai-II is a (partial) reproduction of an old
machine, and I see no
problem with that. In fact the PSU differences (which I am not altogether
happy with for technical reasons mean that it couldn't be mistaken for
the original IMHO.
Well, it can. Not everybody is a Tony Duell. Serious, If the details
are of the minor and less visible kind, they _will_ be mistaken. Shure,
not right out of the shop, but just think about flea markets/swap meets.
Maybe not even ment as a fraud - if these machines are build, their life
doesn't end with the sale (like some sales people may think :). Years
later a possible (re)seller maybe realy don't know the difference.
Example: There's a long running SF book over here "Perry Rhodan" (AFAIR
the first 100 have also been published in the US around 1970). Actual
issue is number 1984 (no, thats not the year, the series is running
weekly since 1961). Sometimes in the past, they offered a special bundle
with a reprint of #1 (I think it was to celebrate #1500). Now this issue
was an exact reprint of #1 - just on the last page, the publishers name
and the date of printing, both in very small font, has been updated (I
also belive the cover had a wrong colour, I have a #1 that has been
untouched in a closed box since 38 years). Now, the original #1 is
woth some 400 to 600 USD (mint), while the reprint is just USD 4,-.