You can blame me for the PC comment. I was speaking in relative terms. The
conversation at the time was centering on really valuable systems, and he
asked me about the PC. I said something like the typical IBM PC has little
collector value compared to, say, the Apple I. At the time, I thought it
wise not to get into the finer points of early-run PCs vs. later run models.
Sorry.
--Mike
Michael Nadeau
Editor/Publisher
Classic Tech, the Vintage Computing Resource
www.classictechpub.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh_at_aracnet.com>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 4:38 AM
Subject: RE: ./ does the Reuters article... :(
> I read the Reuter's article earlier today (well actually Sunday :^) What
> really got me was the comment about the IBM PC having basically no value
> from a collectors standpoint. I don't know who the person was the wrote
> the article, but I don't think they get it. There is nothing at all
> interesting about an IBM PC. If you've seen one, you've seen them all.
It
> doesn't really matter to me if it was made 20+ years ago, or today. Of
> course from the standpoint of actually using it, I'd obviously prefer
> something modern and not the 20+ year old one :^) Me, I like both
> interesting hardware and interesting OS's, but I'm mainly in it for the
> OS's.
>
> Zane
> --
> | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator |
> | healyzh_at_aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast |
> | | Classic Computer Collector |
> +----------------------------------+----------------------------+
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Received on Mon Jan 06 2003 - 18:46:00 GMT