Photo of Smithsonian microcomputer exhibit

From: Hotze <photze_at_batelco.com.bh>
Date: Wed Feb 25 11:45:01 1998

Well, I've had an idea for quite some time, and now's the best time yet to
pop it up... in many developing contries, resources are streesed out, and
many attempts to industrialize these contries are going underway. The thing
is that in some areas, going to school's a new requirement, and that these
schools arn't up to specs. The idea for them going to schools is so that
they have better opertunities than their parents did (so that they could say
do accounting instead of sweeping floors). Now, to me, that means having at
least a little coputing experience. I want to design (with help!) a
computer that gives the most power at the lowest price. The shipping
computers to other contries idea is noble, but we need to go farther, and,
this can be fun. We could use the same idea, etc. if anyone's interested,
please contact me privately. I'm really interested in it now, but need lots
of help.
    Thanks,

Tim D. Hotze
-----Original Message-----
From: Charles A. Davis <cad_at_gamewood.net>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Wednesday, February 25, 1998 5:49 PM
Subject: Re: Photo of Smithsonian microcomputer exhibit


>Scott Walde wrote:
>>
>> > >Thinking out loud:
>> > >I wonder what the market would be for an Apple I replica?
>>
>> Also thinking out loud:
>> Maybe if we as collectors flood the market with Altair and IMSAI and
Apple
>> I replicas it would drive the price of the real things back down.
>
>Yeah, but!!!
>
>Can you picture the problems trying to document the lenieage of a
>'genuine' Altair, IMSAI, or Apple.
>
>Chuck
>
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