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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
