Top 10 Holy Grails of Classic Microcomputer Collecting

From: Ward Donald Griffiths III <gram_at_cnct.com>
Date: Tue Oct 6 19:20:45 1998

Tony Duell wrote:

> > Most of the machines on Kai's list would bring me no joy. I wouldn't want
> > an Apple 1 because I'd be afraid to power it on. I wouldn't want an
>
> You mean a working one is considerably more valuable than a non-working
> one? When I've heard about Apple 1s being sold the operational condition
> is never specified, which leads me to think that the collector value
> doesn't depend on that.

Do the auction descriptions ever mention visibly charred traces or
exploded electrolytics or smoked ICs? Since I don't bother to visit
the auction sites, I've rarely (never in the case of an Apple 1) read
the prospectus.
-- 
Ward Griffiths <mailto:gram_at_cnct.com> <http://www.cnct.com/home/gram/>
When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked me if I had any
firearms with me.  I said "Well, what do you need?"  --  Steven Wright
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