Osborne 1 prices (was: On Generations of People and Computers)

From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_crl.com>
Date: Mon Apr 21 12:28:08 1997

On Mon, 21 Apr 1997, Kai Kaltenbach wrote:

> | Aha! You have a point! Anyone remember the time when
> Osborne-1s were
> | supposedly rare and were priced at around $1,000-$10,000? Ha
> ha. Nice joke.
>
> Osborne 1 (an easy confusion for a layman to make). An Apple I sold at
> the Computer Bowl charity auction (filled with billionaires) for that
> price, but even that doesn't mean that an Apple I is _worth_ $10K, just
> that someone made a nice charity donation in connection with one.

Good point. That means I can go out there looking for one in my price
range, which is between $100-$200. :)


Sam
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