5 Oct
1998
5 Oct
'98
8:53 a.m.
Somebody's posted a Commodore C65 prototype on eBay. 4 days left and the
bidding is at $1025.
Kai
5 Oct
5 Oct
9:04 a.m.
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12:52 p.m.
On Mon, 5 Oct 1998 11:04:41 -0700 (PDT)
Cameron Kaiser <ckaiser(a)oa.ptloma.edu> wrote:
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::Somebody's posted a Commodore C65 prototype on eBay. 4 days left and the
::bidding is at $1025.
::
That's nothing. The last one sold went for $1400. (!)
Does anyone know anything about this prototype?
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3:27 p.m.
On Mon, 5 Oct 1998, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
::
::Somebody's posted a Commodore C65 prototype on eBay. 4 days left and the
::bidding is at $1025.
::
That's nothing. The last one sold went for $1400. (!)
Well, how many of these "prototypes" exist? Has anyone authenticated
these things?
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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4:05 p.m.
On 6 Oct 1998, Eric Smith wrote:
Sam Ismail <dastar(a)ncal.verio.com> replied to
the messages about Commodore
C65 prototypes fetching high prices on ebay:
Yeah, I've got quite a few C63 prototypes (came BEFORE the C64!) and some
Apple IV's. Not to mention an IBM PC-YT and a VIC 20-1/2.
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Well, how many of these "prototypes"
exist? Has anyone authenticated
these things?
I'm tempted to auction off some of my C66 prototypes :-) 
4:30 p.m.
I wrote:
I'm tempted to auction off some of my C66
prototypes :-)
Sam replied:
Yeah, I've got quite a few C63 prototypes (came
BEFORE the C64!) and some
Apple IV's. Not to mention an IBM PC-YT and a VIC 20-1/2.
Yeah, those PDP-0s and IBM System 359s should fetch amazing prices too.
Reminds me of something that happened many years ago. Someone from a local
computer store (or maybe even from Apple; I forget) was giving a slide
presentation about various Apple products to a user group. He described one
of the slides as "a woman typing on an Apple ///". Having just seen Blade
Runner a few days before, I yelled something to the effect that actually it
was Apple IV typing on an Apple ///". This seems to have entertained the
crowd more than the entire rest of the presentation. :-)
There's some evidence to suggest that the Lisa is the Apple VI, which raises
the question of what happened to IV and V.
7:01 p.m.
On 6 Oct 1998, Eric Smith wrote:
There's some evidence to suggest that the Lisa is
the Apple VI, which raises
the question of what happened to IV and V.
Rare, unreleased prototypes waiting to be auctioned on eBay.
What makes you think the Lisa was the Apple VI?
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10:25 p.m.
On 6 Oct 1998, Eric Smith wrote:
Sam Ismail <dastar(a)ncal.verio.com> writes:
Nobody has the enormous free time you seem to have that allows you to
study Lisa's, so better to start explaining.
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What makes you think the Lisa was the Apple VI?
If you study Lisas, Lisa peripherals, accessories, and software, I think
you'll figure it out. But if no one does, I'll eventually explain. 
5:15 p.m.
On Mon, 5 Oct 1998, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
There was more like an entire production run of them. IIRC there are/were
several hundred of them. Or maybe he's selling a prototype of the ones
that were actaully made. The Commodore A3000+ prototypes sound more
interesting, there are only 3 of them I believe. Still the C65 would have
been interesting.
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::
::Somebody's posted a Commodore C65 prototype on eBay. 4 days left and the
::bidding is at $1025.
::
That's nothing. The last one sold went for $1400. (!)
Well, how many of these "prototypes" exist? Has anyone authenticated
these things? 
4:20 p.m.
New subject: Prototypes (was: Re: Somebody has a C65 on eBay)
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