On Sat, 7 Jul 2001 22:54:45 -0500, newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net wrote:
>
> >
> >>Stainless Steel Rat wrote:
> >>
> >>> * Greg & Jeanette Wayman <gwayman_at_earthlink.net> on Thu, 05 Jul 2001
> >>> | Another word .........Lisa!
> >>>
> >>> Lisa never really died. It got a facelift and changed its name to
> >>> "Macintosh".
> >>
> >>Lets tell that to the HUNDREDS of units Apple dumped int the local
Landfill
> >>
> >>Greg
> >
> >I believe that was the Apple III that got landfilled. It was a dog of a
> >machine anyway and deserved its fate. Anyway, its nice to know that our
> >cube is now and instant classic!
> >
> >
> Nope, it was the Lisa. I'm positive. I was reading a web site a few
> weeks ago that had scans of the articles from the paper of the city where
> they dumped 'em about the dumping. For tax reasons, it was easier/cheaper
> for apple to landfill 'em than to donate 'em.
>
> - Bill
>
And there's me thinking that the US was starting to move ahead in terms of
waste management. At least in the EU there is the WEE(E?)
directive coming by 2002 which would have people thinking longterm about the
use of technology.
I have *and still occasionally use* an Apple III, I almost handed the Mac
512k (4meg, actually!) for spare parts when I got the PowerMac but
I was advised to hang onto it for its cuture "collector" "value" and so it
has joined the Johnson Museum of Technology along with the Sinclair
Spectrums (one of which I still use), Apple IIs (still in use!), &c.
Reminds me of a political comrade who brought one of the first WalkMans in
the islands the eastern side of the atlantic: not long ago he handed it to a
Museum collection.
John Johnson.
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