I think companies treat their product as inventory items. Companies are not even meant to last forever, whereas the expectations of museums is that they should. Moreover, the excitement of acquiring a product with serial number 1 is coming from us, the consumers. You expected the Radio Shack person you contacted to be as excited but that person does not share the passion. Plus if he or she do, it will likely because they share the passion. I think you should donate the machine to CHM or some museum that would make a serious effort to store and showcase the item. If the item is more valuable to you then to them then, if I were you, I would showcase it on a bookshelf, take some photos, and share it to the world. The piece will eventually vanishes just like many serial number 1 products have sadly phased off, except for $$$$ Apple 1
Regards, Tarek Hoteit https://tarek.computer > On Jan 26, 2023, at 4:00 AM, Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Companies don't care about history. It does not affect the next quarter's > sales. I had serial number 1 of a Radio Shack shortwave receiver and offered > it to them. > > I got a reply back, 'I'm sorry, we no longer support that model.' > > cheers, > > Nigel > > > > Nigel Johnson, MSc., MIEEE, MCSE VE3ID/G4AJQ/VA3MCU > Amateur Radio, the origin of the open-source concept! > Skype: TILBURY2591 > > >> On 2023-01-25 21:33, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: >> Thank you for that link. >> >> As usual, the Vogons get credit for something that was accomplished in spite >> of the Vogons. >> >> >> At one time, Apple had a historical exhibit. It ended with the Macintosh, >> with NO provision for any future expansion. >> >> -- >> Grumpy Ol' Fred [email protected] >> >> >>> On Wed, 25 Jan 2023, Tarek Hoteit via cctalk wrote: >>> Though it is not a source code, there is a nice article by a retired >>> librarian that used to work at Apple. Anna Mancini helped save a lot of >>> material that Apple discarded in the past. Anna talks about the Apple >>> Archives at >>> https://annamancini.substack.com/p/how-the-apple-archive-ended-up-at >>> >>> Regards, >>> Tarek Hoteit >>> https://tarek.computer
