just outta curiosity

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Sun Apr 8 14:42:52 2001

On Sun, 8 Apr 2001, Mike Kenzie wrote:

> Browsing in used book stores this weekend I found TI, heathkit, Intel
> and Motorola chip reference books and a manual for my Amstrad 1640.
> I'm afraid that many of the older machines won't even be recognised as
> an old computer by people who started out with a Pentium. When I ask
> if they have any old hardware they say that they had a Pentium 100 but
> it was too old and they threw it out.

Case in point: On Friday I found a SpectraVideo 328 sitting on top of a
pile of PC keyboards in a display case. It was a very nice find,
considering they are not common (in the US at least) and was only $5.99 :)

Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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