Lisa 1 goes for almost $10,000

From: TeoZ <teoz_at_neo.rr.com>
Date: Fri Mar 21 18:00:05 2003

I know somebody who was given a lisa a few years ago, but has the 3.5"
drive, only the twiggy 5.25 drive versions are rare I believe.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven N. Hirsch" <shirsch_at_adelphia.net>
To: <cctech_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 6:00 PM
Subject: Re: Lisa 1 goes for almost $10,000


> 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>.
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