> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > Sent: Wed, 18 May 2016 14:50:17 -0600 (MDT) > To: [email protected] > Subject: classics I threw away or sold ... foolishly > > > I've stack-ranked all the classic items that I, to my everlasting shame, > let go of at some point and now I feel like it was a mistake:
I also have led a life of Classic Computer Regret & Sorrow: 1. Apple Quadra 840av. The sweetest Mac I've ever owned. Sorely missed. LIkely stolen. 2. VaxStation 4000/90. Had two. These were probably thrown away. 3. NCR Tower 1632. Ran an early SYSV, I had the install tapes too. 4. HP Intergral - Lost when the basement flooded 5. SwTPc 6800's - Both machines lost in the above flood 6. Smoke Signal Broadcasting 9512 - This was a 6809 running OS/9. Sold it because "I have enough SS-50 boxes already". 7. PDP-11/73 - Another one likely thrown away. 8. PDP-11/23+ - Hardware test bed, I was using it to work on my RL02 drive. Flood victim. 9. Commodore 128D - complete with keyboard, built like a tank. By the time they drained the basement, it was likely a rusted pile of junk. Most of these I either got free, or for very little money. I see the prices fetched for these systems today, and I can do little but shake my head and be glad for what I still have.... ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D EARTH SCREENSAVER - Watch the Earth right on your desktop! Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/earth
