Re: [NTLK] [OT] Mac collections (was something to trade)

From: Hennessy, Kevin F (Kevin F) (kfhennessy_at_lucent.com)
Date: Wed Sep 11 2002 - 06:09:52 PDT


Rumor has it there are a lot of Lisa's and Lisa spare parts in a landfill
somewhere in the bay area, d'oh.

I had 3 Lisas, but sold then many moons ago, couldn't justify hanging on to
3 $10K machines, when I could still get $7K a piece for them (back in the
mid 80's). They were the basis of an online real estate multiple listing
service idea that was just 15 years ahead of its time :-(

Did I also mention the idea I had back in '88 for a desktop copier /
scanner/ printer / fax all in one computer input output device for the home
office. I guess timing is everything. Now back to the salt mine.

> > In a previous message, David Caolo typed vigorously:
> >
> >> My wife referrs to my basement collection of Macs (and various parts)
> >> as "The Mac Museum," as in "When is the Mac Museum going to close?"
> >> Some people just don't understand. I might need that someday! You
> >> never know when I'll need that.
> >
> > Sigh. If only my basement (and garage, and off-site storage, and...)
> > collection was simply Macs and Newtons... I mustn't forget about the
> > GridPads and the Sun workstations, the SGI Iris 4D and the Lisas, the
> > NeXTstations and all the MagicCap handhelds...
>

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