Future Collectibles

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Sun Nov 8 20:45:19 1998

On Sun, 8 Nov 1998, Sam Ismail wrote:

> On Sun, 8 Nov 1998, Don Maslin wrote:
>
> > > I remember the Osborne being the first machine bundled with lots of useful
> > > apps. Do I misremember?
> > >
> > > -- Doug
> >
> > No, I don't think so, but you had to stuff a disk into it. With the 10,
> > you just turned it on.
>
> Well, I think Doug meant it was the first to be bundled with software (not
> necessarily ready to be turned on and run). But of course, we all know
> what happens when we declare a "first". Someone comes along and tells of
> something that came out much earlier. Didn't the IBM 360 come bundled
> with software?

Yes, I thought that was Doug's point. My rationale was that the iMac and
the Mac were hard disk machines as was the Kaypro 10.

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