On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, Paul Passmore wrote:
> It is a relative situation. Value is what is it worth to you or the buyer=
=2E A
> few points about the computer. There are not that many floating around fo=
r
> sale. It was a flop for IBM but it also was IBM's entr=E9e into the "Home
I agree about worth being based on what the ultimate buyer puts it at.
But PCjrs are pretty common. Not as common as a Commodore 64, or VIC-20,
but I find almost as many PCjrs as I do PCs. They aren't that hard to
come across.
> 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=
?
That IBM could also produce a horrendous flop. I guess in that respect
its significant.
> Altair- first viable personal computer, Apple I computer, first of the
Oh no, here we go again. :)
> 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
Commodore was a business furniture company before they were a calculator
company.
> less; using calculator keys for the keyboard. The Commodore also set a
> standard for selling computers to computer dealers in their original sell=
ing
> 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=
=2E
> Want to know the value of a computer? Is it a piece of hardware or a poin=
t
> of computer history, did it change the way things were done? Good luck.
A particular computer's significance does not necessarily reflect on what
someone will pay for it. Indeed, what people are paying seems totally
based on whim these days.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.=
com
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