Top 10 Holy Grails of Classic Microcomputer Collecting

From: Doug Spence <ds_spenc_at_alcor.concordia.ca>
Date: Sun Oct 11 01:30:20 1998

On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, David Williams wrote:

> > I also 'always wanted' a CompuColor II, and finally found one last year,
> > it's REALLY rare. http://www.geocities.com/~compcloset/CompuColorII.htm
>
> That's the one. I've found a couple of collectors who had them and
> a few people who have worked with them but that's it. Yes, I'd
> class those as rare.

And dammit, I knew of someone who had a broken one and was trying to get
rid of it. It was a friend of my brother's, and my brother asked me if I
knew anyone who might want it. I said "I'll take it". He said, "No,
_really_, do you know anyone who would want it?". I said "Yeah, me" - no,
really.

That was when I was probably 13 or 14, and I hadn't yet collected any
systems (who could afford it?). Nor would I have known how to repair the
thing (still don't). Maybe I should try to find out what eventually DID
happen to the thing. I'm sure it's a landfill pancake by now, but you
never know.

-- 
Doug Spence
ds_spenc_at_alcor.concordia.ca
http://alcor.concordia.ca/~ds_spenc/
Received on Sun Oct 11 1998 - 01:30:20 BST

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.0 : Fri Oct 10 2014 - 23:31:25 BST