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