10 Jun
1998
10 Jun
'98
2:18 p.m.
At 10:13 PM 6/10/98 -0400, Ward Donald Griffiths III wrote:
Hell, I'd rather fix rams with my teeth the way the
old Basque herders
used to than a Packard-Bell computer.
You mean there's a difference? :)
Packard Bell: Today's headache, tomorrow's obscure collectible. Hey, you
never know: People might start collecting only the badly designed systems.
It could happen.
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10 Jun
10 Jun
2:26 p.m.
Packard Bell: Today's headache, tomorrow's
obscure collectible. Hey, you
never know: People might start collecting only the badly designed systems.
It could happen.
OK, enough Packard-Bell bashing. Send me every PB model 250 you can get
your hands on - I will even pay shipping (and for the crate).
William Donzelli
william(a)ans.net
2:48 p.m.
On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, John Higginbotham wrote:
Packard Bell: Today's headache, tomorrow's
obscure collectible. Hey, you
never know: People might start collecting only the badly designed systems.
It could happen.
It's already happening. Most people that I've talked to that had to use
the Altair hated it because of design problems. The Apple Lisa failed
because it was too slow. It's kind of self-fullfilling rarity: a bad
computer generally means one that they didn't make many of and not many
people wanted to buy. The PC-Jr will probably be a prized collectible.
If VW's Bug can make a come-back, why not Packard Bell's bugs?
-- Doug
4:02 p.m.
On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Doug Yowza wrote:
It's already happening. Most people that I've
talked to that had to use
the Altair hated it because of design problems. The Apple Lisa failed
because it was too slow. It's kind of self-fullfilling rarity: a bad
computer generally means one that they didn't make many of and not many
people wanted to buy. The PC-Jr will probably be a prized collectible.
Hardly. There were plenty of those made too. I've got at least 5 now,
and I just added one today from the WeirdStuff sealed bid auction (I
couldn't resist, it came with some cool carthridges including Imagic's
Demon Attack [who knew Imagic made carts for the PCjr!?] and an internal
PCjr modem).
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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4:03 p.m.
On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Doug Yowza wrote:
It's already happening. Most people that I've
talked to that had to use
the Altair hated it because of design problems. The Apple Lisa failed
because it was too slow. It's kind of self-fullfilling rarity: a bad
computer generally means one that they didn't make many of and not many
people wanted to buy. The PC-Jr will probably be a prized collectible.
One more thing: it is sort of ironic that total flops are only popular
today by way of their obscurity
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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11 Jun
11 Jun
2:13 a.m.
Sam Ismail wrote:
On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Doug Yowza wrote:
There's one word that sums all this up: Edsel.
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It's already happening. Most people that
I've talked to that had to use
the Altair hated it because of design problems. The Apple Lisa failed
because it was too slow. It's kind of self-fullfilling rarity: a bad
computer generally means one that they didn't make many of and not many
people wanted to buy. The PC-Jr will probably be a prized collectible.
One more thing: it is sort of ironic that total flops are only popular
today by way of their obscurity 
10 Jun
10 Jun
5:13 p.m.
John Higginbotham wrote:
At 10:13 PM 6/10/98 -0400, Ward Donald Griffiths III wrote:
Well, they do it with cars.
--
Ward Griffiths
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_
Hell, I'd rather fix rams with my teeth the
way the old Basque herders
used to than a Packard-Bell computer.
You mean there's a difference? :)
Packard Bell: Today's headache, tomorrow's obscure collectible. Hey, you
never know: People might start collecting only the badly designed systems.
It could happen.
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