Oldest serial number (was: Oldest machine

[Bob Shannon]

Ha,

There are far more TRS-80's than Imlacs of any type, and most were 
"gr'Imlacs".
I have an original 'alpha' imlac, without long vector support.

Its a bit more rare than you think.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Battle" <frustum at pacbell.net>
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Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 11:27 PM
Subject: Re: Oldest serial number (was: Oldest machine


> Bob Shannon wrote:
>
>> My 1969 Imlac PDS-1 has a serial number of 2.
>
> My very first ebay purchase about five or six years ago was a TRS-80 model 
> 4. It wasn't known to me at the time of the sale, but it was serial number 
> 430 or so (low to mid 400s).  UPS however managed to destroy it, but that 
> isn't the point.
>
> Considering the volume of machines tandy made, my serial #43x trs-80 had a 
> lower serial number than your imlac in terms of number of units produced. 
> Therefore, it was more rare.  Want to swap?  :-)
>
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