lol that was great. Especially having an Atari 800 and some games that feel kinda like that... :)
Elliott (Formerly Cyrus) -------------------- Hobbittech.com Mac Specialist - Low Cost Mac Services in AZ On May 20, 2009, at 12:21 AM, Matthew S. Carpenter wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
