Apple _1_ on ebay???

[Scott Stevens]

On Fri, 1 Jul 2005 12:13:17 -0400
"'Computer Collector Newsletter'" <news at computercollector.com> wrote:

> Yeah, something smells fishy... I am looking at the seller's other
> auctions... one is for a old (early/mid-1990s) NEC tablet computer,
> and he says it's "a great way to try out and play with a tablet PC" --
> implying that it's a modern "Tablet PC" with the up-to-date Windows
> apps, etc. -- and also that in order to "not disturb the original
> packing, I did not test this item.  I have every reason to believe it
> works."  His other auction is for a TRS-80 Model 3, and he emphasizes
> that "I understand how important this item is to history."  Geez, it's
> not an Apple 1, it's a TRS-80, ya know?  :)
> 
Well, a TRS-80, if it's a model 1, and not a model 3, arguably is more
important to history than an Apple 1 (though far, far more common).  The
Apple 1 was just one of a number of hobby circuit-board-only computers
on the market at the time.  The TRS-80 was one of the first big
_successful_ computers people really used.