On Sat, 11 May 2002, Chris wrote:
> Does the IBM System 23 hold any value these days?
>
> We FINALLY are off them (had one last application still running up until
> about 2 months ago). So I can now start unloading the ones I have.
>
> I am trying to decide if I should eBay them, or just give them away, or
> <shudder> throw them in the dumpster.
>
> I have 3 or 4 of the "all in one" units (screen, keyboard, dual 8"
> floppies all in one box), and I have one "tower" unit (dual drives in a
> tower box, screen and keyboard are seperate parts). I also have 3 or 4
> printers.
>
> Beyond the above descriptions, I know almost nothing about these things,
> and almost as little about how to operate them... so they aren't
> something I really care to "collect".
Well, they are interesting in that they are arguably predecessors to the
IBM PC, and are in the same product line. I would like to have one but
the shipping costs would be too much. Unfortunately, I missed one locally
by a few months as the person who had it pitched the machine, but at least
kept the manuals for me.
> Anyone have any idea if I can got money for them, or should I just be
> happy to find a home other than the big metal box the "dustcart" (<- too
> much GTA3) collects twice a week.
I don't think there's much money in them. The problem is size. Things
that big and heavy don't generally fetch much on eBay, and they're not
compelling enough to overcome that problem.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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