Msg: 559 *Conference*

09-29-91 02:23:09

From: ANTON WALRAVEN

To : RICK LOPES

Subj: ORPHAN COMPUTERS

From: ANTON WALRAVEN
  To: RICK LOPES Subj: REPLY TO MSG# 4462 Hello Rick,

Glad you found my reply to your message, in spite of my misspelling your last
name (sorry about that!). I'm also glad to hear that the IIC is still doing
fine. This may be another characteristic of orphan computers: to be found
useful long after their planned obsolescence. I remember hearing about an
auction for antique computers (in New York, about 15 years ago), these being 5
year old mainframes to be used as interior decoration by the real aficionados
and technically inclined yuppies.

On the other hand, I've noticed that there definitely is a market for famous
old cars and photo cameras, so why not for vintage portable computers? If you
look at the prices commanded by old rangefinder camera's, like the Leica F
models, they have simply kept their value, and are even going up. So my advice
is: keep hold of your early Apple and Tandy computers, they might well become
collector items!

Take care now,
    Anton Walraven