Photo of Smithsonian microcomputer exhibit

From: Yowza! <yowza_at_yowza.com>
Date: Tue Feb 24 21:26:08 1998

On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, John Higginbotham wrote:

> Thinking out loud:
> I wonder what the market would be for an Apple I replica?

It would be very strong if you claimed it was an original :-) That's one
reason I won't pay a lot for a collectible computer. How are you going to
authenticate it? Most of the chips and processes are still available
today, so it's fairly straightforward to clone them. (Of course, software
is even worse; it was designed to be cloned.)

Prediction: 10 years from now, we'll be able to go to Hong Kong and buy a
couterfeit Altair for $100!

-- Doug
Received on Tue Feb 24 1998 - 21:26:08 GMT