They'd probably be smashed up bits and chunks unfortunately. When I think if buried unsold merchandise my mind always brings up E.T. :-)
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rt_3_bQVJU> -Matt Cyrus Griffin wrote: > Yeah I read about that before. wow... what a waste! Those Lisa's are > worth something now. I wonder if you could dig some of those up what > they'd be like? Probably not functioning I would guess. That seems > strange to me... Like they just dumped a bunch of them in a hole?? > > Elliott (Formerly Cyrus) > -------------------- > Hobbittech.com Mac Specialist - Low Cost Mac Services in AZ > > > > > > On May 19, 2009, at 8:36 PM, Sterling wrote: > > >> Actually that company Sun Remarketing was in Utah about an hour away >> from me: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Remarketing >> >> On May 19, 9:00 pm, Christian Wacker <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I thought that they buried all the unsold Lisas and Apple IIIs in a >>> Californian desert... >>> >>> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 9:02 PM, James Fraser >>> >>> >>> >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> --- On Tue, 5/19/09, glen <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Fast forward about 15 years and I bought my first personal >>>>> computer, an Apple III in the early 80's. Kind of a dog >>>>> but I ended up with three of them for my business before >>>>> buying my first Mac's in 1989. >>>>> >>>> When you say the Apple III was "kind of a dog," is this based on >>>> your own experience with them? Or is this based on their infamous >>>> reputation (i.e. your own experience with them was a fairly >>>> positive one)? >>>> >>>> Did you employ the Apple III's all the way up until 1989? If so, >>>> that's a pretty impressive amount of life you wrung out of those >>>> machines. Of course, with their rather hefty price tag, it's only >>>> fair to admit that the incentive for a buyer to wring all they >>>> could out of them was a pretty strong one. :) >>>> >>>> If the numbers I read are correct, Apple sold even fewer Apple >>>> IIIs than they did Lisas (65,000 vs. 80,000) if such a thing can >>>> be believed. I find myself wondering if there's a landfill >>>> somewhere with a metric diaperload of Apple IIIs in it à la the >>>> Lisa as the number of Apple IIIs produced was allegedly ~120,000. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> >>>> James Fraser- Hide quoted text - >>>> >>> - Show quoted text - >>> > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
