Time to change the Subject Line! Re: E-bay complaints

[Vintage Computer Festival]

On Thu, 7 Jul 2005, Ethan Dicks wrote:

> On 7/7/05, Vintage Computer Festival <vcf at siconic.com> wrote:
> > One of these days I'll find that Apple 1 board in the scrap boards bin :)
>
> Isn't there a list member who worked for HP or some other (non-Apple)
> Bay-area employer that passed up an Apple I, unassembled, in a baggie,
> for like $5 at a garage sale many years ago?  the "non-Apple" is part
> of the story, because, ISTR, they passed it up _because_ it was an
> Apple and they worked for "the other guys".
>
> Ring any bells?

Just kidding.  Never heard this story.  Sounds apocryphal.

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