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New-In-Box Apple //c *SYSTEM* on eBay...

I guess that means it is past Applecare if it's DOA. :p - Did they have Applecare back then?
 
I like the ldea...

of having the computer sans moniter just be a keyboard.
basically, a computer in a keyboard. plug in mouse and monitor or tv, and have a fully functional computer.

Ideas?
 
techlover828 said:
I never really saw the point in collecting..
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I collect to actually use them. It's a very clear feeling of being in close touch with what was a far, far more exciting time in computer history. In the early 80s (which is when I got into it) every machine was its own platform, really. It wasn't just Windows and Mac OS (and Linux). It was a lot more fun back then.

http://www.bytecellar.com/qtvr.html

My collection...




blakespot
 
wow blakespot, you have an awesome collection! As for that IIC, it can't be more than one of a handful still in existence, unopened. I mean literally, a handful, like 5 or fewer.
 
wow!!! thats the first apple my family ever owned! That brings back memories. my mom actually won it as a prize for selling avon cosmetics!!!
 
he should've waited till may 5th to open it! It would've been her 20th birthday:)

And they really could have gotten some media attention for it
 
blakespot said:
I collect to actually use them. It's a very clear feeling of being in close touch with what was a far, far more exciting time in computer history. In the early 80s (which is when I got into it) every machine was its own platform, really. It wasn't just Windows and Mac OS (and Linux). It was a lot more fun back then.

http://www.bytecellar.com/qtvr.html

My collection...




blakespot
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Yeah, I just started collecting in a small way, and I like to use them too.

I think some of the older computers are more interesting, as they sometimes took a few chances with the form factor, it wasn't all homogenous like computers are today.

I mean, can you imagine Apple building another laptop like this? ( And it's surprising how usable it still is! )
 

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blakespot said:
I collect to actually use them. It's a very clear feeling of being in close touch with what was a far, far more exciting time in computer history. In the early 80s (which is when I got into it) every machine was its own platform, really. It wasn't just Windows and Mac OS (and Linux). It was a lot more fun back then.

http://www.bytecellar.com/qtvr.html
blakespot
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i would think you have a high energy bill... my parents would kill me
 
blueflame said:
of having the computer sans moniter just be a keyboard.
basically, a computer in a keyboard. plug in mouse and monitor or tv, and have a fully functional computer.

Ideas?
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That was all the rage in the beginning... and you didn't need a monitor, you hooked the computer up to a TV :)

My first computer... 16k ram :D
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The second machine... Woot 64k of ram!

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Third machine ... you guessed it ... 128k ram WOO!


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I had the Commodore 128 as well :) It was my second computer (the first being a Commodore 16). I remember getting the external 1571 disk drive with it. I then went high tech and bought a Commodore Amiga :D

Wish I had kept them, not for monetary reasons just because it would be cool to play with them again.
 
gkarris said:
It goes from $2,553 NIB to being worth MUCH, MUCH LESS CIB, which means it's only worth about a few hundred dollars for the entire system... :eek:
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Yes, but... if you read all that dansays wrote in the months after this originally transpired, you'll find that it wasn't about monetary investment - it was about the nostalgia, the recapturing of cherished youth experiences, the Apple 80's zeitgeist. And sharing that with the rest of us in an artful way, I might add.
 
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