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From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_crl.com>
Date: Tue Apr 29 00:37:07 1997

On Mon, 28 Apr 1997, Bill Whitson wrote:

> It would be a very good idea to make sure you have your
> collection nicely filled out before you do this. After
> the media tags 40 sec report to the end of a few news
> broadcasts Apple IIs really will cost $400. ;) ;)

Media damage control will be foremost in my mind. I realize no matter
what you tell a reporter, they'll always turn your words around 180
degrees and the story will end up being about how we repair broken
computers or something equally banal.

> > Maybe you'll be able to buy a house with an Altair.
> A while back I bought a spare CompuPro from a guy who
> collected computers as a curiosity. He was getting
> rid of the machine because it didn't fit in with the
> rest of the collection (wasn't an all-in-one micro).
> He didn't use the machines - just displayed them. It
> scares me that there are people who collect computers
> for looks and scares me more that they might find out
> that these things are "hot collectibles". :) The guy
> did have a really nice display though - hand-built
> wood shelving with various risers and built-in lights
> cartridge/disk/manual racks, etc.

These are the guys that scare me. Did he at least know how to use some
of his machines?

> When exactly did it become cool to be a computer geek?
> Wasn't there a time when people posessing large numbers
> of computers were ridiculed in public?

Yeah, but then people realized a lot of computer geeks make a lot of
money, and they stopped laughing at them.

Sam
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