21 Aug
2006
21 Aug
'06
10:24 a.m.
Just wondering whether other collectors try to acquire
original boxes to go with their machines. I have several
original Ohio Scientific boxes that I prize as part of
my collection. Anyway, I just got a nice Koyo 9 inch
monitor (built 1979, IMSAI blue) in an IBM PS/2 Color
Display 8515 box. I know that there are a few PS/2
collectors on the list. The box is not in the best
shape, but it isn't awful either. Anybody interested in
it or should I pitch it? Located in the Maryland suburbs
of Washington, DC.
Bill
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21 Aug
21 Aug
12:03 p.m.
Bill Sudbrink wrote:
Just wondering whether other collectors try to
acquire
original boxes to go with their machines. I have several
original Ohio Scientific boxes that I prize as part of
my collection. Anyway, I just got a nice Koyo 9 inch
monitor (built 1979, IMSAI blue) in an IBM PS/2 Color
Display 8515 box. I know that there are a few PS/2
collectors on the list. The box is not in the best
shape, but it isn't awful either. Anybody interested in
it or should I pitch it? Located in the Maryland suburbs
of Washington, DC.
I have a whole bunch of original PS/2 boxes. I store PS/2's in them. 8-)
I still have the box to the PS/2 Model 50 I bought back in December 1987.
Peace... Sridhar
12:24 p.m.
Many of my handhelds and laptops are in the original boxes, and those are
some of my favorites. A few weeks ago I got a TI CC-40 (not terribly rare,
but still interesting) which not only had the original boxes and
documentation, but it wasn't even previously used -- it still had the
protectice tape over the LCD screen. Same deal with a Kyocera/Qualcomm PDA
smartphone that I bought for a friend overseas. That one's a bit OT (late
1990s) but it is still exciting to get new-in-box gear.
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Subject: Re: Original boxes...
Bill Sudbrink wrote:
Just wondering whether other collectors try to acquire
original boxes
to go with their machines. I have several original Ohio Scientific
boxes that I prize as part of my collection. Anyway, I just got a
nice Koyo 9 inch monitor (built 1979, IMSAI blue) in an IBM PS/2 Color
Display 8515 box. I know that there are a few PS/2 collectors on the
list. The box is not in the best shape, but it isn't awful either.
Anybody interested in it or should I pitch it? Located in the
Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC.
I have a whole bunch of original PS/2 boxes. I store PS/2's in them. 8-)
I still have the box to the PS/2 Model 50 I bought back in December 1987.
Peace... Sridhar
1:28 p.m.
And thusly were the wise words spake by Evan Koblentz
Many of my handhelds and laptops are in the original boxes, and those are
some of my favorites. A few weeks ago I got a TI CC-40 (not terribly rare,
but still interesting) which not only had the original boxes and
documentation, but it wasn't even previously used -- it still had the
protectice tape over the LCD screen. Same deal with a Kyocera/Qualcomm PDA
smartphone that I bought for a friend overseas. That one's a bit OT (late
1990s) but it is still exciting to get new-in-box gear.
One of the PETs I have was either never used or was repaired by
Commodore and then never used as it is still in a sealed plastic bag
with a blue Commodore logo all over it. I had to throw away the
original box it came in as it was blackened and decomposing from
having been wet by the person I got it from. :(
Cheers,
Bryan
3:37 p.m.
Bill Sudbrink wrote:
Just wondering whether other collectors try to
acquire
original boxes to go with their machines.
As an individual:
Depends on the space and the cost :) I quite like the original packaging when
I have the room to store it - but at the same time I don't agree with the
apparent trend of original packaging somehow doubling a machine's worth. It's
the machine / docs / software itself that's the important bit, not whatever
cardboard it came in.
Personally I class packaging as ephemera, and low-down on the interest scale
(I'd rather see period posters and other advertising info for the machine in
question, for instance).
With museum hat on:
Seems more important to hang onto it in this case, as if we don't then there's
no guarantee that a private individual will. (We were given a lovely boxed
Enterprise 128 at the weekend, complete with masses of leaflets, magazine
clippings, posters, branded bags, hats etc. Fantastic stuff!)
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