Washington Post article on Classic Computers

[Eric Chomko]

Dude, you're famous!

"Uber Collector!!"

I bow to your supremacy...

Eric

Vintage Computer Festival wrote:

> On Tue, 28 Jun 2005, Eric Chomko wrote:
> 
> 
>>Tony Romando, editor in chief of Sync, the men's magazine for the
>>gadget-obsessed, says there's a one-word reason why people collect old
>>hard- and software: cool.
> 
> 
> Hmm, Sync used to be the name of a Sinclair magazine.
> 
> 
>>Midwest Vintage Computer Festival at Purdue University in Indiana will
>>take place July 30.
> 
> 
> Sweet plug!! :)
> 
> 
>>How much would his Apple sell for? He isn't sure.
>>
>>Ismail estimates no more than $300, if Ballos has all the original
>>materials; author Nadeau puts it at a more modest $200.
> 
> 
> Oh well, I still have to learn that the caveats never get through the
> noise when you're talking to a reporter.  I told him $300 if it's brand
> new, in the box, all the manuals, original system disks etc.
> 
> 
>>For now, it seems, the Apple IIc that Ballos got for Christmas in 1986
>>is still a tad too young to be worth real money.
> 
> 
> Yeah, keep waiting.
> 
> Anyway, one of the better articles on the subject I've read.  Not too many
> errors and they were very minor at that.
>