Lisa 1 goes for almost $10,000

From: Steven N. Hirsch <shirsch_at_adelphia.net>
Date: Fri Mar 21 17:07:00 2003

On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, Damien Cymbal wrote:

> I was talking to my father about this. Back in the late 80's-early 90's the
> company he was working for had several *pallets* of these that were free for
> the taking. Just about all of it wound up going to scrap -- nobody wanted
> any of it.
>
> Needless to say, he feels a little nauseous right now.
>
> I'll bet there are many similar woeful stories.

<groan> Yes. We gave a mint Lisa 1 (w/10MB ProFile) to one of our
employees after selling off a business in the early 90's. Had all the
docs, Lisa Office, you name it. Worked fine. Cost about $10k when it was
purchased new (~1983).

We thought he was doing us a favor by taking it <g>.
Received on Fri Mar 21 2003 - 17:07:00 GMT