Collectable PCs

From: Marty <Marty_at_itgonline.com>
Date: Mon Nov 9 10:37:49 1998

 Does your Columbia list it as having been made in Columbia, Maryland?
 I believe their early pc's were made in Columbia, Maryland, later they
 moved to Florida.
 
 Marty
 


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Subject: Collectable PCs
Author: classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu at internet
Date: 11/8/98 5:58 PM


 Earlier there was a discussion of what PC stuff might be collectable and
 valuable.
 The other day I ran across an original Columbia PC. This one is a good
 collectable. It was as it came from the factory with the original Floppy and
 Hard drive. It also had the original keyboard with it. It was very clean and
 had not been abused. It worked. In my 1983 Bytes they were asking $5000 for
it.
 I paid $6 at goodwill with the intention of putting it on ebay just to see
what
 it will bring. I am retireing from collecting but if I were going top sit on a

 piece of equipment this would be a good example. My reasons in order of
 priority: 1) first popular clone, 2) all the original -parts (including
 screws), 3) Clean with no scratches, the type on the keyboard showed no wear,
 4) Works (not essential - i bought it without testing it - $6 is not a great
 gamble), 5) Rareity - Most of these go directly to scrap and have for years.
 However it will be many more years before it is truly valuable, but I bet it
 will be!
 
 Paxton
 
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