Collector Article

From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_crl.com>
Date: Fri Jun 20 20:44:43 1997

On Fri, 20 Jun 1997, Uncle Roger wrote:

> At 12:36 AM 6/20/97 -0700, you wrote:
> >Gee, then I have an Apple bonanza worth $2000 in my garage. Whatever.
> >This is what I am dreading of this hobby, that assholes like this Haddock
> >guy start trying to price things out.
>
> I think it's as someone said; at the time the book was written, Apple II's
> were still in strong demand, esp. from the school market. My girlfriend's
> school still uses and maintains a fleet of II's. (Schools simply cannot
> afford to buy lots of new computers.) (Ask me, if you're interested, about
> how macs ended up in her classroom.)

Yeah, but an Apple ][ at $200-$400? Maybe they were referring to an
enhanced //e, and not the actual original ][.

Sam
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