Expiration dates for computers? (was Re: Unopened classic... ) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

14 Sep 1999

Best Used By : After almost everyone had discarded them, Rad Shack dumped
all software, and the repair techs shook their heads when they saw one come
into the repair depot.

Neil Morrison
email:morrison@t-iii.com

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  -----Original Message-----
 From:	Eric Smith [SMTP:eric@brouhaha.com]
 Sent:	Tuesday, September 14, 1999 11:59 AM
 To:	Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
 Subject:	Expiration dates for computers?  (was Re: Unopened
 classic...)

 morrison(a)t-iii.com wrote:
  IMHO, the best possible use for a Mod II/12 and
esp. for the external  floppy
  drive box, would be to make computer thieves have
to carry it repeatedly  up
  and down the stairs of a multi story building!
Then maybe they'd keep  their
  hands off other peoples property.  (Some idiot
actually STOLE one of  these,
  way past it's useful date!!!)  
 Hmmm...  I just bought a couple of Model IIs from someone a few months
 ago.
 I hadn't realized that they were past the "best used by" date, since I
 didn't see one stamped on it anywhere.  :-) 