PC Jr

From: Paul Passmore <fpp_at_concentric.net>
Date: Tue Apr 27 02:46:09 1999

On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, PG Manney wrote:

> I recently acquired a PCjr with a bunch of software. Machine's very clean.
>
> I'm not really that interested in playing with this beast. Should I sit on
> it as an investment? Is it worth anything now? Dnyone interested?

It is a relative situation. Value is what is it worth to you or the buyer. A
few points about the computer. There are not that many floating around for
sale. It was a flop for IBM but it also was IBM's entr?e into the "Home
computer" market. This gives it some weight. The PC and its siblings had
supplanted the PC jr and nailed the lid on the coffin, but I would hang on
to it, it will not become valuable for a while but it is a "place marker" in
the history of computers. What did its introduction mean to the industry?

Altair- first viable personal computer, Apple I computer, first of the
longest lived manufacturer. (Yes IBM has been around longer but not as a PC
maker) 1st Sony PC, the design and implementation of the 3.5" diskette,
Tandy the first mass market machine not only sold in computer stores,
Commodore Pet, First computer to make the cover of a national general
circulation magazine (Popular Science) and from a calculator company no
less; using calculator keys for the keyboard. The Commodore also set a
standard for selling computers to computer dealers in their original selling
agreements. Vector Graphics, first computer company founded and run by a
woman. Osborne, the computer made by the guru of computer hobbyists and
Kaypro, first generally accepted computer for the average business person.
Want to know the value of a computer? Is it a piece of hardware or a point
of computer history, did it change the way things were done? Good luck.
Received on Tue Apr 27 1999 - 02:46:09 BST