Hardest to Find Classic Computers

From: John R. Keys Jr. <jrkeys_at_concentric.net>
Date: Fri Dec 14 21:41:19 2001

In no special order I would like to find a Commodore Amiga CD32, Philips
CD-1350, SOL, Sony Data Discman, Vectrex, Mark-8 and the list goes on.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas Quebbeman" <dhquebbeman_at_theestopinalgroup.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 11:39 AM
Subject: Hardest to Find Classic Computers (Was: RE: Way OT: Just say no
to squirrels & Pascal question)


> > When OT threads die and then get resurrected under even
> > wilder topics, its just not worth it.
>
> Ok, we've had threads similar to this one before, but
> maybe not quite...
>
> What are the hardest to find Classic Computers? What should not
> be counted:
>
> Systems that never went beyond prototype
> Systems that they made only one of
> Systems that were custom-designed for a single
> customer and were only in limited production
> Systems that were not "general purpose" computers
>
> Also not intended as the thrust of the topic:
>
> Systems you most of all want
>
> Rather, the systems I'me talking about would have been
> commercially produced, were general-purpose systems,
> made in quantity of say at least a baker's dozen.
>
> These systems might be generally available, and might
> go for a price you can afford, but you just can't *find*
> them where you're at.
>
> Around here for me, it would be PDP-8's and Lisa's.
>
> ???
>
> -dq
>
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