Computers that have appreciated (RE: Altair price check)

From: Yowza! <yowza_at_yowza.com>
Date: Mon Feb 23 15:16:21 1998

On Mon, 23 Feb 1998, Kai Kaltenbach wrote:

> The only other micro systems (besides the Altair 8800s & Apple I) that fetch
> significant money, but are nowhere near appreciating from original cost,
> are:
>
> - IBM 5100
> - Altair 680
> - Processor Technology SOL
> - Commodore PET (chiclet version)
> - Apple Lisa
> - Unproduced prototypes of Atari 8-bit or Commodore equipment

Add the GRiD Compass to that list. One went for $800 in an auction where
it was billed as the first laptop.

(In a possibly futile effort to preempt a "first" thread, I'll qualify
that the Compass appears to be the first progenitor of the modern laptop,
if not actually the first computer that would fit in your lap. It was
designed in 1979, shipped in 1982, and had the now-familiar clam-shell
design.)

-- Doug
Received on Mon Feb 23 1998 - 15:16:21 GMT