Imagine if you has spent that $2,700 on Apple Stock instead. Sent from my iPhone (paying dividends on someone's Apple stock)
On Oct 12, 2012, at 8:34 AM, Mike Levine <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Chad and other list members, > > I have a vintage original Macintosh that I bought within the first 100 days > (member of the "100 day club") back in 1984 while attending school at > Syracuse University. I have not seen it personally but I believe the inside > of the case is signed by the design team including Steve Jobs. I had it > upgraded to a "fat" Mac (512K) shortly after purchase. I also purchased and > had installed a General Computer 20 MB "hiper drive" that I paid $2,700 for > back in 1985 dollars (got tired of swaping disks)! I also have a "super > fast" 1200 baud Apple modem that came in handy during late night programming > class assignments. It no longer boots off the hiper drive but it will boot > from the 400k floppy disk drive and the screen is fine. I also have the > original carrying case, the original image writer with a ribbon still in the > box, original mouse and original keyboard. I would rather not part with it > with the hiper drive still installed as I do not know what personal > information is still on the drive and have no way to wipe it clean and I > don't have the tools to open it or know where to take it to have it removed. > > Let me know if you or anyone else on the list is interested. I live in > Tallahassee, FL. > > On a side note, something a bit ironic is that this is the only Apple product > I have ever purchsed and I loved the machine! I also could have bought Apple > stock at $8.00 but bought Microsoft instead and have been crying ever since... > > - Mike > > From: Chad Keck <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 1:40 PM > Subject: Looking to buy some vintage hardware > > Would love to find some compact Macs in pristine condition or some that > people have somehow managed to keep new in box for all these years. Would be > interested in various models so if you have something available let me know. > > Thanks everyone! > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of 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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > > > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of 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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of 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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
